The 'Evaluation of First-Quarter 2025 Tourism Data and Türkiye Cultural Route Festival Promotion Meeting' Held at AKM Taksim

The 'Evaluation of First-Quarter 2025 Tourism Data and Türkiye Cultural Route Festival Promotion Meeting' was held at AKM Taksim. At the meeting, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced that the number of visitors in the first three months of 2025 was 8.8 million, a decline of 2.5 percent.

He noted that, despite this decline, tourism revenue rose by 5.6 percent to reach 9.5 billion dollars, the best first quarter ever in terms of revenue. Minister Ersoy also announced that the number of cities included in the Cultural Route Festival had been increased to 20.

TÜROB Vice President Taner Yallagöz also attended the meeting.