TÜİK Household Domestic Tourism, Q1: January

Household Domestic Tourism, Quarter I: January - March, 2020

6 million 781 thousand residents traveled

In Quarter I, consisting of January, February, and March, 6 million 781 thousand residents traveled. The total number of domestic trips made by travelers with one or more overnight stays decreased by 43.5% compared with the same quarter of the previous year, reaching 7 million 958 thousand trips. In this quarter, travelers made 75 million 346 thousand overnight stays. The average number of overnight stays was 9.5 nights.

Number of travelers, trips, and overnight stays, Quarter I: January - March, 2020

Number of overnight stays, Quarter I, 2020 Average number of overnight stays, Quarter I, 2020

Travelers spent 4 billion 61 million 93 thousand TL

The travel expenditures made domestically by domestic tourists decreased by 41.9% in Quarter I of 2020 compared with the same quarter of the previous year, reaching 4 billion 61 million 93 thousand TL. Personal expenditures made up 96.0% of these expenditures at 3 billion 900 million 318 thousand TL, while package tour expenditures made up 4.0% at 160 million 775 thousand TL. The average expenditure per trip was 510 TL.

Travel expenditures of travelers, Quarter I: January - March, 2020
Total travel expenditures, Quarter I, 2020 Average expenditure per trip, Quarter I, 2020

When the rates of change in travel expenditures made in this quarter compared with the same quarter of last year are examined, the largest decreases were in other expenditures (sports, entertainment, education, jewelry, gold, silver, carpets, rugs, etc.) at 67.9%, in expenditures made before the trip (clothing, medicine, bags, cameras, film, etc.) at 61.6%, and in accommodation expenditures at 61.0%.

Rates of change in expenditure types compared with the same quarter of the previous year (%), Quarter I, 2020

Trips made for the purpose of visiting relatives ranked first at 74.7%

Among the purposes of travel, "sightseeing, entertainment, holiday" ranked second at 11.4%, and "health" ranked third at 7.4%.

Distribution of the number of trips by purpose (%), Quarter I, 2020

Travelers stayed most often at the home of a friend or relative

In this quarter, travelers stayed most often "at the home of a friend or relative," with 61 million 98 thousand overnight stays. By type of accommodation, "own home" ranked second in the number of overnight stays with 7 million 502 thousand overnight stays, while "hotel" ranked third with 2 million 161 thousand overnight stays.

Distribution of the number of overnight stays by type of accommodation (%), Quarter I, 2020

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