The numbers of Emirati tourists to Türkiye are declining 17.2% during 2024

The latest data issued by the Turkish Ministry of Tourism showed a decrease in the numbers of Emirati tourists to Turkey during the year 2024 by 17.2%, compared to the previous year 2023, at a time when the number of tourists from four Gulf countries decreased by about 5.8%, and statistics did not show the number of Omani visitors, While the number of Saudi tourists increased by 5.9%.

In detail, Turkey recorded a decline in the number of Gulf tourists from four countries during the year 2024, by about 5.8% compared to the levels of 2023, despite its achievement of 7% growth in the levels of tourism flow globally.

According to the data of the Turkish Ministry of Tourism, the total number of tourists from the markets: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, to Turkey, during the past year, reached one million, 356 thousand and 150 tourists, compared to one million, 439 thousand and 433 tourists in 2023.

The Kuwaiti market recorded the highest decline rate of 27.2%, after the number of Kuwaiti tourists decreased to about 264.4 thousand visitors, compared to about 363 thousand visitors in 2023.

Qatar came again, with about 57.8 thousand Qatari visitors in 2024, compared to about 70,000 visitors in 2023, a decrease of 17.5%. In turn, the number of Emirati tourists to Turkey during the year 2024 recorded about 99.9 thousand visitors, compared to about 120 thousand tourists in 2023, a decrease of 17.2%, at the time of the number of Bahraini tourists, a decrease of 0.46% to 64.44 thousand visitors, compared to 64.47 thousand per year 2023. On the other hand, the number of Saudi tourists increased by 5.9%, after registering about 869 thousand visitors compared to about 820,000 in 2023, while statistics did not show the number of tourists from the Sultanate of Oman.

Globally, the number of international tourists to Türkiye increased during 2024, to reach 52.62 million, compared to 49.2 million visitors in 2023.