Turkey, Hungary tourism climbs again after pandemic jolt, official data showed.
The number of Hungarians visiting Turkey plummeted to just 16,563 in 2020, a dramatic drop from 149,523 in 2019, according to Turkey’s Tourism and Culture Ministry.
A heartening rebound has seen Turkey welcome 31,517 visitors from Hungary in just the first eight months of this year – a leap of 235.1% compared to the same period in 2020.
Tourists from the central European country accounted for 0.32% of all visitors to Turkey in 2019, but the figure slipped to 0.17% last year.
It climbed to 0.31% in the January-August period of 2021, reflecting Hungarians’ keen interest in Turkey.
Over the past 15 years, there has been a steady rise in the number of Hungarian tourists coming to Turkey – 78,000 in 2005, around 91,000 in 2010, and more than 140,000 in 2015.
