TÜİK Household Domestic Tourism, Q2: April

Household Domestic Tourism, II. Quarter: April - June, 2020

5 million 334 thousand people residing domestically traveled

In the second quarter, comprising the months of April, May and June, 5 million 334 thousand people residing domestically traveled. The total number of trips made within the country with one or more overnight stays by those who traveled decreased by 69.1% compared to the same quarter of the previous year, amounting to 5 million 976 thousand trips. In this quarter, those who traveled made 76 million 10 thousand overnight stays. The average number of overnight stays was 12.7 nights.

Number of people traveling, trips and overnight stays, II. Quarter: April-June, 2020

Number of overnight stays, II. Quarter, 2020 Average number of overnight stays, II. Quarter, 2020

Those who traveled spent 3 billion 536 million 968 thousand TL

The travel expenditures of domestic tourists within the country in the second quarter of 2020 decreased by 67.1% compared to the same quarter of the previous year, amounting to 3 billion 536 million 968 thousand TL. Of these expenditures, 98.0% (3 billion 465 million 400 thousand TL) consisted of personal expenditures and 2.0% (71 million 568 thousand TL) of package tour expenditures. The average expenditure per trip was 592 TL.

Travel expenditures of people traveling, II. Quarter: April-June, 2020

Total travel expenditures, II. Quarter, 2020 Average expenditure per trip, II. Quarter, 2020

When the rates of change in travel expenditures made in this quarter compared to the same quarter of the previous year are examined, the largest decreases were in package tour expenditures at 90.8%, pre-travel expenditures at 90.3%, and accommodation expenditures at 84.5%.

Rates of change in expenditure types compared to the same quarter of the previous year (%), II. Quarter, 2020

Trips made for the purpose of visiting relatives ranked first at 73.9%

In second place among travel purposes was "travel, entertainment, holiday" at 14.0%, and in third place "health" at 5.5%.

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

Those who traveled most frequently stayed at the home of a friend or relative

In this quarter, those who traveled most frequently stayed "at the home of a friend or relative" with 59 million 481 thousand overnight stays. In terms of the number of overnight stays by accommodation type, "own home" ranked second with 11 million 638 thousand overnight stays, while "hotel" ranked third with 1 million 195 thousand overnight stays.

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

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