TÜİK - Household Domestic Tourism, Q3: July

Household Domestic Tourism, III. Quarter: July - September, 2019

24 million 264 thousand people residing domestically travelled...

In the third quarter, comprising July, August and September, 24 million 264 thousand people residing domestically travelled. The total number of trips that travellers made within the country with one or more overnight stays decreased by 1.8% compared to the same quarter of the previous year, amounting to 31 million 939 thousand trips. In this quarter, travellers made 309 million 342 thousand overnight stays. The average number of overnight stays was 9.7 nights.

Number of people travelling, trips and overnight stays, III. Quarter: July-September, 2019
Number of overnight stays, III. Quarter, 2019; Average number of overnight stays, III. Quarter, 2019
Travellers spent 23 billion 344 million 390 thousand TL

The travel expenditures made domestically by domestic tourists increased by 10.4% in the third quarter of 2019 compared to the same quarter of the previous year, amounting to 23 billion 344 million 390 thousand TL. Of these expenditures, 89.6%, or 20 billion 911 million 667 thousand TL, consisted of personal expenditures, and 10.4%, or 2 billion 432 million 723 thousand TL, of package tour expenditures. The average expenditure per trip was 731 TL.

Travel expenditures of those who travelled, III. Quarter: July-September, 2019
Total travel expenditures, III. Quarter, 2019; Average expenditure per trip, III. Quarter, 2019

When the rates of change in the travel expenditures made in this quarter compared to the same quarter of the previous year are examined, the largest increases were in health expenditures at 36.1%, in other expenditures (sports, entertainment, education, jewellery, gold, silver, carpets, rugs, etc.) at 21.1%, and in accommodation expenditures at 14.3%.

Rates of change in expenditure types compared to the same quarter of the previous year (%), III. Quarter, 2019

Trips made for the purpose of visiting relatives ranked first at 60.5%

Among the reasons for travelling, “travel, entertainment, holiday” ranked second at 33.8%, and “health” ranked third at 3%.

Distribution of the number of trips by purpose, III. Quarter, 2019

Travellers stayed most in the homes of friends and relatives

In this quarter, travellers stayed most “in the homes of friends and relatives” with 193 million 611 thousand overnight stays. In terms of the number of overnight stays by accommodation type, “their own home” ranked second with 71 million 611 thousand overnight stays, while “hotel” ranked third with 22 million 391 thousand overnight stays.

Distribution of the number of overnight stays by accommodation type, III. Quarter, 2019

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