For the first six months of 2017 in Antalya rested 1.1 million Russians. Only Turkish resort came to 2.8 million foreign tourists. This is with reference to data of the administration of Antalya according to the Association of tour operators of Russia.
Thus, the number of tourists from Russia to the resort in January — June this year exceeded the same indicators of 2015. Then on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey rested 868 thousand Russian tourists. It is noted that in 2016 for the first six months Antalya took only 25 thousand Russians.
The most popular holiday month this year the Russians came in June. At this time in the resorts of Antalya rested 584 thousands of travelers. In June every second tourist has arrived to the province from Russia.
Clarifies that Antalya in the first six months of 2017 lost 24% of German and 40 percent of Dutch travelers and 56 percent of tourists from the Scandinavian countries. The positive trend shown in the markets of Ukraine, Israel, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Poland.
At the end of June it was reported that the depreciating Turkish direction this summer turned out to be Alanya. Prices for tickets on this route from Moscow fell by 28 percent. The average cost of flights in both directions amounted to 11.7 thousand rubles.