Travel Reference
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Table 21.3.
Turkey: international tourist arrivals and overnight stays by region, 1997 and 2000.
1997
2000
Arrivals
(and %)
Nights spent
(and %)
Average length
of stay (nights)
Arrivals
(and %)
Nights spent
(and %)
Average length
of stay (nights)
Regions
Aegean
2,530,900 (27)
11,077,200 (31)
4.38
1,569,376 (0.24)
6,788,307 (25)
4.3
Black Sea
114,206 (1)
160,708 (0.4)
1.41
131,038 (6)
161,336 (3)
1.2
Central Anatolia
735,440 (8)
1,404,036 (4)
1.91
492,765 (12)
937,620 (7)
1.9
Eastern Anatolia
63,360 (0.7)
88,379 (0.2)
1.39
34,868 (2)
55,072 (1)
1.6
Marmara
3,332,782 (36)
7,175,868 (20)
2.15
2,017,619 (27)
4,419,277 (18)
2.2
Mediterranean
2,649,613 (28)
16,233,604 (45)
6.13
2,537,798 (26)
16,119,574 (45)
6.4
South-east Anatolia
16,898 (0.2)
27,401 (0.08)
1.62
20,612 (3)
401,120 (1)
1.4
Grand Total
9,443,199 (100)
36,167,196 (100)
2.71
6,804,076 (100)
28,510,906 (100)
Sources:
Ministry of Tourism, 2001a, 2001b.
