Gazipaşa Alanya Airport (GZP) reached a record number of passengers in 2018, reaching 1,215,86. According to statistics, the highest number of direct flights originated from Russia. Russia ranked first with 303,460 passengers. Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen and Atatürk airports, which also serve as transfer points, facilitated the movement of 495,183 passengers, while Ankara Esenboğa Airport, another transfer point, reached a figure of 89,369. 2018 DISTRIBUTION OF PASSENGERS BY NATIONALITY FOR ANTALYA. When looking at the distribution of nationalities of passengers arriving in Antalya, the number of Russian citizens increased by 25% compared to 2017, reaching 4,651,709. In second place were German citizens, with an increase of 38% and a number of 2,292,996. Ukrainian citizens, who reached the same number as in 2017, ranked third in 2018 with a number of 715,11. TURKEY VISITOR ENTRY NUMBERS (2014-2018)
TURKEY
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2014 (12 months) 2015 (12 months) 2016 (12 months) 2017 (12 months) 2018 (12 months)
1. Russia, Federal: 4,479,049; 3,649,003; 866,256; 4,715,438; 5,964,613
2 Germany 5,250,036 5,580,792 3,890,074 3,584,653 4,512,360
3 United Kingdom 2,600,360 2,512,139 1,711,481 1,658,715 2,254,871
4 Bulgaria 1,693,591 1,821,480 1,690,766 1,852,867 2,386,885
5 Iran 1,590,664 1,700,385 1,665,160 2,501,948 2,001,744
6 Georgia 1,755,289 1,911,832 2,206,266 2,438,730 2,069,392
7 Ukraine 657,051 706,551 1,045,043 1,284,735 1,386,934
8 Iraq 857,246 1,094,144 420,831 896,876 1,172,896
9 Netherlands 1,303,730 1,232,487 906,336 799,006 1,013,642
10 France 1,037,152 847,259 555,151 578,524 731,379
11 Poland 510,569 500,779 205,701 296,120 646,365
12 Sweden 667,551 624,649 320,580 289,134 384,397
13 Denmark 408.287 408.841 329.618 269.026 326.278
14 Norway 326,292 282,210 156,215 116,180 161,789
15 Finland, 228.138, 213.803, 122.185, 97.112, 128.860
16 Other 13,472,895 13,158,278 9,260,550 11,030,970 14,345,996
Total Visitors 36,837,900 36,244,632 25,352,213 32,410,034 39,488,401