Turkey Attracts 30 Mln Tourists In 9 Months

The number of foreign visitors to Turkey in the first nine months of the year totaled 30.09 million, up 6.11 percent over the same period last year according to figures released by the Culture and Tourism Ministry on Thursday.

Foreign visitors rose 2.02 percent year-on-year in September to 4.35 million people according to Thursday's government data.

A total of 34.9 million tourists visited Turkey in 2013, a 9.84 rise over 2012. Turkey expects that incoming tourism figures may well reach beyond 40 or even 50 million over the next few years, but the question is whether such a high number will be sustainable from both an environmental and a business management perspective.

(Cihan/Today's Zaman)