Pakistan, Feb. 11 -- * Turkiye achieved a 9.8% year-on-year growth in its visitor numbers and hosted 62.269.890 visitors in 2024, representing a 20.3% growth compared to 2019, the pre-pandemic year. The total number includes over 135,000 Pakistani tourists. With this figure, Turkiye also surpassed its own target of 60 million visitors, announced earlier in 2024. In addition, Turkiye generated 61.1 billion USD as tourism revenue, which is 8.3% more than the previous year. Overall, 2024 has been Turkiye's most successful year in tourism.

Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia have remained Turkiye's biggest source markets while emerging markets such as the Americas, India, and China showed great growth in 2024. While Russia, Germany, an...