İzmir, one of the destinations that receive the most tourists in Turkey, exceeded the number of 2019 in the first half of 2022. The city, which received 726 thousand tourists from abroad in the first half of 2019, exceeded 767 thousand in 2020.
Number of tourists coming to Izmir in the first half of 2022
Having achieved an increase of 287% in the number of tourists in the first half of 2022 compared to 2021, İzmir reached a total of 767 thousand international tourists. Last year, in the January-June period, the city hosted 198 thousand tourists. In 2022, the number of tourists surpassed the record year 2019 by 41 thousand. Tourism statistics center Tourism Databank calculated that, İn this period, compared to 2019, the number of foreign tourists increased from 418 thousand to 498 thousand. The number of citizen tourists decreased from 308 thousand to 269 thousand.
Database: Number of tourists coming to Izmir
| 2021 | 2022 | Change | 2021 | 2022 | Change | |
| June | June | % | jan-June | jan-June | % | |
| FOREIGNERS | 59.327 | 192.553 | 224,6 | 117.638 | 498.062 | 323,4 |
| CITIZENS | 31.336 | 76.613 | 144,5 | 80.362 | 269.058 | 234,8 |
| TOTAL | 90.663 | 269.166 | 196,9 | 198.000 | 767.120 | 287,4 |