Türkiye registers 4.8 mln foreign visitor arrivals in Oct.

ANKARA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- More than 4.8 million foreign visitor arrivals were registered in Türkiye in October, up by 38.3 percent year on year, official statistics showed on Monday.

In October, the top country of origin among foreign tourists is Russia, which sent nearly 768,000 visitors, down by 10.7 percent from the previous month and 15.1 percent year on year. Russia was closely followed by Germany, which sent more than 746,000 visitors. Britain ranked the third with more than 388,000 visitors, according to statistics from Türkiye's Culture and Tourism Ministry.