Most of the travelers stayed at the homes of friends or relatives.

According to the evaluation of the national market published by the Association of Tourist Operators and Hoteliers of the Mediterranean (AKTOB), trips made in order to visit relatives ranked first with 65.6 percent.

‘World Tourism Data, Turkey and Antalya in 2023’ shared by AKTOB revealed that the understanding of ‘holidays’ has largely given way to ‘visit trips’ due to the Covid-19 epidemic and difficulties economies that peaked afterwards.

‘HOUSE OF FRIEND OR FAMILY’ IN FIRST RANK

According to the data, when the types of accommodation are evaluated annually, in 2022 trips to visit relatives occupy the first place with 65.6 percent, ‘travel, entertainment, vacations’ with 22.1 percent in second place. for travel purposes, and ‘health care’ with 5.3 percent in third place.’

67.7 percent of the travelers stayed mostly with ‘friends or relatives’ with 288 million 905 thousand overnight stays. While the ‘own house’ (summer houses) ranked second with 73 million 478 thousand overnight stays, the ‘hotel’ ranked third with 34 million 588 thousand overnight stays.

“THE REFLECTION OF COSTS IN THE DOMESTIC MARKET WAS ESSENTIAL”

Making a general assessment of the statistics, AKTOB President Kaan Kavaloğlu expressed the following regarding domestic tourism:

“Although 2022 seems to be a year of recovery for tourism around the world, we cannot say that we have received the same positive data for the domestic market. It was inevitable that rising accommodation costs would be reflected in the domestic market. This will have a negative impact on cost-indexed tourists. Parallel to the economic recovery, there may be an improvement in demand momentum.