Visitor arrivals to Turkey up 4.3% in May-2011

Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism reports (04-Jul-2011) foreign visitor arrivals to Turkey rose 4.3% year-on-year in May-2011. Details include:

• Visitor arrivals: 3.3 million, +4.3% year-on-year;
  • Top 10 markets:
    • Russian Federation: 525,301, +15.6% year-on-year;
    • Germany: 457,645, -4.6%;
    • UK: 339,830, -9.0%;
    • Netherlands: 158,893, -7.2%;
    • Bulgaria: 153,551, +12%;
    • Iran: 141,119, -13%;
    • France: 133,406, +31.2%;
    • Georgia: 101,146, +2.7%;
    • Ukraine:87,349, -1.9%;
    • US: 85,745, +8.9%.