ANKARA
Foreign arrivals to Turkey were down in June, with Russian tourism dropping off due to the ruble's depreciation, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said in a report on Wednesday.
The number of foreigners arriving in Turkey in June 2015 were 4,123,109, a 4.89 percent decrease from the same month of previous year, the report said.
The number of Russian tourists who made up almost 16 percent of Turkey’s visitors last year, declined 19 percent year-on-year in June to 652,703 from 805,291 a year ago, according to the report.
Russian tourists, traditionally keen visitors to Turkey’s seacoast, were particularly hit by the slide in value of the Russian ruble against other currencies in the second half of 2014, the report said.
