At a high increase rate 37 percent, 9,3 mil. foreign visitors arrived in Turkey in the 7 months of this year as against the same period of last year.
With this increases year to date annual visitor numbers reached 16 million 478 by the end of July.

The most considerable increases have come from South Asia/Pacific countries. Visitors numbers from this region have gone up at 50 percent. Thus this region increased its` share to 2,12 percent from 1,9 in total visitor number. CIS countries having a share of 16,4 percent, followed South Asia/Pacific with an increase rate of 45%.

EU countries except new members of 2004 have a share 54,2 % in the total foreign visitors arrived Turkey in 7 months of 2004. Number of visitors from those countries increased by 35,5 %.