ISTANBUL, Aug 22 Reuters The number of foreign visitors arriving in Turkey leapt 53 from a year earlier to 6.67 million in July, data showed on Monday, sustaining a powerful recovery from the sectoral slump triggered in 2020 by the COVID19 pandemic.

The arrivals compared with 4.36 million foreign visitors in July 2021 and 932,927 in July 2020.

In the first seven months of the year, the number of foreign visitors climbed 128 to 23.03 million, on pace to roughly match the prepandemic levels of 2019.

Reporting by Ceyda Caglayan and Ezgi Erkoyun; Editing by Ece Toksabay

Source Reuters