Özet:

In this study, in December 2019, the numberal impact of the virus, which appeared in Wuhan, the largest city of the Chinese state of Hubei, and called the new type of coronavirus (kovid-19) on the causes of arrival of foreign visitors to Turkey was tried to be studied. In the study, the data set was used published under the title "Visitors Who Do Out According to the Reason of Development" published by the Turkish Statistical Authority (TÜIK). The study was based on the number of foreign visitors for the first quarter of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, and the proportional changes occurring over the years were attempted to evaluate in terms of the reasons for visiting. According to the research, travel, entertainment, sports and cultural activities, visit to relatives and friends, education and internship, health and medical reasons, religious reasons, shopping and business reasons and the number of foreign tourists arriving in Turkey has been severe declines in the first quarter of 2021. The study also found that the rate of decline in the number of foreign tourists arriving in Turkey was mostly in visits for reasons such as "working" and "going, entertainment, sports and cultural activities".

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