Number of Azerbaijani citizens visiting Istanbul grows

Number of tourists who visited the Turkish megalopolis increased by 15%.

In the first seven months of 2011, Turkey’s Istanbul saw over 84,600 Azerbaijani tournaments which is twice as high as last year’s indicators of the same period.

According to Turkish mass media, in the said period the number of tourists who visited the Turkish megalopolis increased by 15% to settle at 4,670,000.

Istanbul attracts tourists with its historical and cultural values.

In the past years, the number of tourists, who prefer Turkey, is gradually growing thanks to the steps taken by the Turkish government. Today the country is seventh by the number of tourists and eighth by the profitability of the tourism sector.

According to TurkStat, in 2010 foreign tourists brought $25bn. By the end of the year the tourism sector will bring at least $30bn to Turkey.

via News.Az – Number of Azerbaijani citizens visiting Istanbul grows.