Karachi, February 10, 2025: Türkiye achieved a 9.8% year-on-year growth in its visitor numbers and hosted 62.269.890 visitors in 2024, representing a 20.3% growth compared to 2019, the pre-pandemic year. The total number includes over 135,000 Pakistani tourists. With this figure, Türkiye also surpassed its own target of 60 million visitors, announced earlier in 2024. In addition, Türkiye generated 61.1 billion USD as tourism revenue, which is 8.3% more than the previous year. Overall, 2024 has been Türkiye’s most successful year in tourism.

Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia have remained Türkiye’s biggest source markets while emerging markets such as the Americas, India, and China showed great growth in 2024. While Russia, Germany, and the United Kingdom remained Türkiye’s top three biggest source markets, the growth in the number of visitors from emerging markets was 8.1% for the USA, and a phenomenal 65.1% for China.

Türkiye’s international visitors spent an average of 10.7 days in the country, and the revenue per visitor was USD 972. According to UN Tourism, Türkiye ranks among the world’s top five most visited destinations in 2023.

Many Pakistanis also participated in the Istanbul Marathon, renowned as the world’s only intercontinental race, starting on the Asian side of Istanbul and ending on the European side. In the 46th edition of the Istanbul Marathon held in November 2024, out of approximately 7,500 runners in the main Marathon, Amjad Ali of Pakistan achieved the remarkable feat of finishing in 47th position, completing the 42-kilometre race in 2 hours, 49 minutes, and 29 seconds.

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PTCL Group provides free calls to keep people connected

with their loved ones in Turkiye & Syria

February 12, 2023: PTCL Group, a subsidiary of e& has come forward with an
industry first initiative to extend support towards millions of people devasted in recent
earthquakes in both Turkiye and Syria by providing free calls from PTCL landline and free calling
minutes from Ufone 4G.
PTCL & Ufone 4G will provide free international calls from Pakistan to keep them connected to
their nearest and dearest in Turkiye and Syria. Ufone 4G customers can avail the facility by
dialing *2255#.
PTCL Group is deeply saddened by the natural calamity that has struck both Turkiye and Syria.
During these tough times, the entire Group stands together with the millions of displaced
people including children, women and elderly and believes that it is our duty to extend support
towards the affected community. With the scale of devastation, we understand that many
people have their friends or families in both countries and in light of this, we endeavor to utilize
our resources to help them get in touch with their loved ones.
PTCL Group takes immense pride in its Pakistani identity and hence feels it is its national
responsibility to reach out to the people in distress. All the efforts are in line with the Groups
commitment to fostering social wellbeing both in emergency and peace time. Ends