Tourism Intelligence Dashboard

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Turkiye

Europe & Central Asia

Turkiye is a tourism destination in Europe & Central Asia. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

60,575,773

Latest verified value · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

$78.2B

Latest verified value · 2024

Tourist Nights

252.3M

Latest verified value · 2025

TCTI Destination Profile

Established global tourism destination

Turkiye has experienced rapid long-term tourism growth, while tourism demand is distributed relatively evenly throughout the year. This profile is calculated from the best available annual and monthly tourism records currently held by TCTI.

Executive tourism profile for Turkiye

Profile confidence

100

/ 100

Confidence reflects the intelligence modules currently supported by compatible source data.

Growth profile

Rapid growth

Seasonality profile

Low seasonality

What this means

Rapid visitor growth may increase demand for accommodation, transport, infrastructure, and destination management.
A relatively even annual distribution may support more consistent employment and infrastructure use.

The destination profile combines TCTI's available growth and seasonality intelligence. Confidence reflects whether both compatible annual-arrivals and monthly-tourist-night datasets are available.

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for Turkiye.

4 indicators available

Europe & Central Asia

Upper middle income

Turkiye is a tourism destination in Europe & Central Asia. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 60,575,773 in 2024. International tourism receipts were $78.2B in 2024. Recorded tourist nights reached 252.3M in 2025. Tourism's direct share of employment was 3.7% in 2024.

The figures shown here are drawn from OECD, UN Tourism, and Eurostat. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism Seasonality

How international tourist nights were distributed throughout 2025 in Turkiye.

TCTI Insight

Relatively balanced

Confidence

95%

Turkiye's international tourist nights were most concentrated in August, which accounted for 14.9% of the annual total. The three busiest months—July, August, September—accounted for 43% of annual international tourist nights.

Peak month

August

14.9% of annual international nights

Quietest month

February

2.3% of annual international nights

Top three months

43%

July, August, September

Summer share

40%

Share occurring during June, July, and August

Winter share

8.1%

Share occurring during December, January, and February

Monthly distribution

International tourist nights by month

Annual total 154.8M

Jan

2.3%

3.6M

Feb

2.3%

3.5M

Mar

2.7%

4.2M

Apr

6.7%

10.3M

May

9.8%

15.1M

Jun

11.2%

17.4M

Jul

13.9%

21.5M

Aug

14.9%

23M

Sep

14.2%

21.9M

Oct

13.7%

21.2M

Nov

4.9%

7.6M

Dec

3.5%

5.4M

What this means

Higher seasonal concentration can increase pressure on infrastructure, accommodation, and local services during peak periods.
Quieter and shoulder months may offer opportunities to distribute visitor demand more evenly throughout the year.

Seasonality is calculated from a complete set of 12 monthly international tourist-night observations. The seasonality score uses a normalized concentration index, where 0 represents an even monthly distribution and 100 represents complete concentration in one month.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism growth

How international tourist arrivals changed between 2015 and 2024.

TCTI Growth Insight

Rapid growth

Confidence

95%

Turkiye's international tourist arrivals increased by 53.4% between 2015 and 2024. This is equivalent to an average annual growth rate of +4.9%. The sharpest annual decline was 69% in 2020.

Total growth

+53.4%

2015 to 2024

Average annual growth

+4.9%

Compound annual growth rate

Starting arrivals

39.5M

Reported in 2015

Latest arrivals

60.6M

Reported in 2024

Largest annual increase

+88.3%

Change recorded in 2021

Largest annual decline

-69%

Change recorded in 2020

What this means

Long-term growth trends can indicate changes in destination popularity.
Growth should be interpreted alongside seasonality, visitor spending, and tourism dependence.

Growth is calculated using the earliest and latest available international arrivals data held by TCTI. Results may reflect gaps or methodological changes in the underlying series.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for Turkiye. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2024

International Tourist Arrivals

60,575,773

OECD · 2024

OECD Inbound Tourism

VerifiedCurrent

2024

International Tourism Receipts

$78.2B

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

VerifiedCurrent

2025

Tourist Nights

252.3M

Eurostat · 2025

Tourist Nights at Accommodation Establishments

VerifiedCurrent

2024

Tourism Employment Share

3.7%

OECD · 2024

OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators

VerifiedCurrent

Rankings & Comparisons

How Turkiye compares

Positions use each country's best currently available official record. Years can differ, so use these as directional benchmarks rather than synchronized league tables.

International Tourist Arrivals

#4of 203

60,575,773
2024

Nearby in the ranking

#3 United States #5 Italy

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International Tourism Receipts

#5of 205

$78.2B
2024

Nearby in the ranking

#4 United Kingdom #6 Italy

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Tourist Nights

#5of 38

252.3M
2025

Nearby in the ranking

#4 Germany #6 Greece

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Tourism Employment Share

#44of 51

3.7%
2024

Nearby in the ranking

#43 Colombia #45 Denmark

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Data Availability

67% dashboard coverage

4 of 6 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for Turkiye.

4 current0 reporting lag0 historical

Available

✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2024 · Current
✓International Tourism Receipts · 2024 · Current
✓Tourist Nights · 2025 · Current
✓Tourism Employment Share · 2024 · Current

Not Yet Available

○Tourism Direct Share of GDP
○Resident Tourism Trips

Official Sources

Data sources used for Turkiye

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

✓

Eurostat

Latest displayed year: 2025

Official

Indicators

• Tourist Nights

Datasets

Tourist Nights at Accommodation Establishments

✓

OECD

Latest displayed year: 2024

Official

Indicators

• International Tourist Arrivals
• Tourism Employment Share

Datasets

OECD Inbound Tourism
OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators

✓

UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2024

Official

Indicators

• International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

International Tourism Receipts

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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for Turkiye. Values are shown in millions.

Source: OECDYears: 2015–2024Annual data

Dataset: OECD Inbound Tourism

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.