Published on : Monday, September 10, 2018
In 2016, around 17,500 travelers from Bahrain visited Turkey, a figure that increased to 22,031 travelers last year. Experiencing the growth in numbers, both the nations have expressed their purposes to support two-way travel, trade, and tourism and investment opportunities.
To quote Turkey’s Attaché of Culture and Information Salah Ozer, “Turkey continues to be an attractive destination for Bahraini business people, holidaymakers and those seeking medical services due to our strong cultural ties together.”
“The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recently named Turkey as the world’s sixth most visited country in 2017, welcoming 39.9 million tourists. Such achievements and accolades will help in growing the number of tourists traveling to Turkey in 2018,” he added.
Other nations in the GCC experienced major growth where Kuwait saw 90,590 travelers depart to Turkey in from the period starting January 1 to May 30, 2018 and 15,417 from the UAE over the same period.
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