Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism data showed that more than 8.5 million foreign tourists came to Istanbul in the first 7 months of the year. Thus, Istanbul hosted approximately one-third of the 26.2 million tourists who visited Turkey in 7 months of the year. With 1.7 million people hosted in July, Istanbul reached the highest number of foreign tourists on a monthly basis in the last 10 years.
Coming from Germany took the first place with 142 thousand 77 tourists who came to Istanbul in July, as it was last month. They were followed by those from Russia and the USA.
