Antalya attracts tourists with safe tourism scheme

Thursday, October 21, 2021

Around 7 million holidaymakers visited Antalya, which is one of the hottest tourism spots of Turkey. In 2019, Antalya attractedalmost 16 million foreign tourists, including around 6 million Russians and 2.7 million Germans.

However, last year, with the pandemic affecting global travel and tourism activity, the city hosted 3.4 million visitors.

This year witnessed some improvement with the number of tourist arrivals in Antalya going up to 173 percent in January-September from a year earlier, reaching 7 million people. In the first nine months of the year, 2.7 million Russians, 1.1 million Ukrainians and 880,000 Germans spent their holidays in the city.

“The safe tourism certificate scheme and vaccination among the staff boosted our reputation. Data suggest that we may host up to 9 million visitors this year,” said ErkanYağcı, the chair of the Mediterranean Touristic Hoteliers and Investors’ Association (AKTOB).

The pandemic was managed so successfully that, even during the period when no hotels were expected to open due to COVID-19, Antalya attracted 3.5 million tourists, due to the measures taken at the venues and the safe tourism scheme, said Yağcı.

« Back to Page

• Antalya sees record surge in number of foreign tourists

• HAUS OF NOMADS TRAVEL Launches New Medical Tourism Services in Antalya

• Pegasus Airlines launches new flights connecting Maastricht-Antalya

• Minister Ersoy announces Antalya Airport expansion

• Qatar Airways group CEO unveils bold strategy for future growth