Turkish Culture and Tourism
Ministry Istanbul Directorate announced the number of foreign tourist arrivals
for April 2012.
If Istanbul will receive a record number of
tourists in 2012, it would not be a surprise as tourists numbers to the city is
keep its growth. A total of 818.788 tourists visited Istanbul in April 2012; an increase of 17.8
per cent compare to April 2011. Since beginning of 2012, a total of 2.424.400
tourists visited that states 17.6 percent increase compared to previous year.
Since beginning of 2012, Istanbul respectively
recorded 19.4%, 14.5%, 18.7% and 17.8% increase in each month compare to same
month one year earlier.
German tourists
continue their leadership with 10.9% of all tourists visiting Istanbul in April. Russians follow Germans
with 6.8%. Other nationals choosing Istanbul as a tourist destination were
Iranian 4.6%, French 4.5%, British 4.4%, American 4.2%, Italian 4.0%, Dutch 2.9%,
Libyan 2.6%, Ukranian 2.4%, Japanese 2.3%, Azerbaijani 2.1%, Spanish 2.1%,
Iraqi 1.9%, S. Korean 1.9%, other nationalities 42.4%.