Research data from the 2019-2020 period shows the distribution of nationalities of tourists visiting the provinces of Ankara, Antalya, Istanbul, Izmir, and Mugla. According to the data, in Antalya, in 2019, the Russian Federation had the highest number of tourists with 5,582,735, while this number decreased to 1,509,637 in 2020. In Istanbul, in 2019, Iran had the most visitors with 923,138, while in 2020, Germany ranked first with 410,262 tourists.

NATIONALITY DISTRIBUTION ACROSS 5 PROVINCES IN TURKEY (MARCH 12, 2019-2020)
Ankara Antalya
1 Germany 91830 38476 1 Germany 2673063 346206
2 Austria 20861 8335 2 Belgium 199685 12533
3 Azerbaijan 28462 9431 3 Czech 227844 2718
5. People's Republic of China: 19144, 1322 6. Netherlands: 434754, 27986
6 Denmark 2487 240 6 England 719087 211880
9 Iraq 121436 21050 9 Russia Federation 5582735 1509637
11 KKTC 39392 7755 11 Slovakya 170646 2590
12 Russia, Fed. 12092, 2604, 12 Ukraine, 803676, 557743
İstanbul İzmir
1 Germany 1111561 410262 1 Germany 414270 130623
2 Azerbaijan 244201 131095 2 Austria 20770 6378
3 People's Republic of China 378172 35128 3 Belgium 46896 6657
8 Kazakhstan 200031 91627 8 England 120779 34841
2 Belgium 70859 739