Turkey’s food tourism sector expected to hit $10B in 2019

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

The share of food tourism is expected to hit $8 billion to $10 billion which is in line with Turkey’s target of 50 million tourists and $40 billion  turnover in 2019.

Kaya Demirer, the Chairman of Turkish Restaurants and Entertainment Association (TURYİD) highlighted that the  gastronomy spending per capita for tourists was $650 last year and said that they  are expecting the figure to hit $720 this year.

In 2019 a turnover of at least $8 billion is expected which is parallel with the record expectation in the tourism sector.

According to him if the target of 50 million tourists is reached they expect turnovers of around $10 billion. Their main  focus is on gastronomic tourism with a series of promotions and they  have  received full support from the Ministry.

It was revealed that the food tourism turnover in Antlaya alone is around 2.5 billion euros ($2.81 billion).

The revival in the tourism sector also increased the demand for the meat sector as per Turkey Butchers’ Federation head Fazlı Yalçındağ.

He went on saying that 5% of the meat produced in Turkey was consumed in the tourism sector and even a 1% increase in demand is very significant for animal breeders. The boutique hotels and tourist facilities make their purchases from local traders around the country, tourism contributes to each and every sector.

In touristic facilities an estimated $200 million worth of fruits and vegetables are consumed per year  and the figure is equal to one-quarter of exports to Russia.

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