Antalya is one of the top five destinations in the world

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In 2012, the top five destinations in the world are Paris, London, New York, Antalya, and Singapore, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

Antalya was the world's third most visited city by number of international arrivals in 2011, displacing New York.

Most-visited cities by international tourist arrivals

Top 10 most visited cities by estimated number of international visitors by 2011
Rank	City	Country	UNWTO Region	International visitors (millions)	Year	Notes
1	Paris	France	Europe	15.6	2011	Extrapolation, excluding outer suburbs visitors
2	London	United Kingdom	Europe	15.2	2011
3	Antalya	Turkey	Europe	10.5	2011	May include same-day visitors
4	New York City	United States	North America	10.3	2011	Projection, may include same-day visitors
5	Singapore	Singapore	Asia	9.2	2010	Excluding Malaysian citizens arriving by land
6	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Asia	9.0	2011	Only hotel guests
7	Hong Kong	Hong Kong (China)	Asia	8.7	2011	Excluding Mainland Chinese visitors
8	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	8.1	2011	Only hotel and hotel apartment guests
9	Istanbul	Turkey	Europe	8.1	2011	May include same-day visitors
10	Bangkok	Thailand	Asia	7.2	2010

A record 1 billion people will travel across an international border as a tourist in 2012, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council. 

The robust growth of international tourist arrivals in Southern and Mediterranean Europe (19% share of world tourism) was mostly driven by the larger destinations: Greece (+10%), Turkey (+9%), Portugal (+9%), Croatia (+9%), Spain (+8%) and Italy (+6%).

Turkey climbs one place to sixth in the ranking

The top 10 ranking by international tourist arrivals saw only a minor change in 2011. Turkey moved up one position to sixth place (with 29 million tourists) overtaking the United Kingdom. There were no changes in the top 10 ranking by tourism receipts.

Rank	Country	UNWTO Region	International tourist arrivals (2011)	International tourist arrivals (2010)	Change (2010 to 2011)
1	France	Europe	79.5 million	77.1 million	+3.0%
2	United States	North America	62.3 million	59.8 million	+4.2%
3	China	Asia	57.6 million	55.7 million	+3.4%
4	Spain	Europe	56.7 million	52.7 million	+7.6%
5	Italy	Europe	46.1 million	43.6 million	+5.7%
6	Turkey	Europe	29.3 million	27.0 million	+8.7%
7	United Kingdom	Europe	29.2 million	28.3 million	+3.2%
8	Germany	Europe	28.4 million	26.9 million	+5.5%
9	Malaysia	Asia	24.7 million	24.6 million	+0.6%
10	Mexico	North America	23.4 million	23.3 million	+0.5%
Note: see the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer for the full rankings.[1]

In 2011, there were over 503.96 million international tourist arrivals to Europe, an increase of 6.2% over 2010. In 2011, the top ten destinations were:

Rank	Country	International tourist arrivals (2011)
1	France	79.50 million
2	Spain	56.69 million
3	Italy	46.12 million
4	Turkey	29.34 million
5	United Kingdom	29.19 million
6	Germany	28.35 million
7	Austria	23.01 million
8	Russia	22.69 million
9	Ukraine	21.42 million
10	Greece	16.43 million

Everyone prefers to Antalya for the holidays. Antalya is waiting for you with its all the beauties.

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Antalya received 11.3 million tourists in 2011

Antalya City Governor Ahmet Altiparmak reported that Antalya City received 11 million 291 thousand 931 tourists in 2011. In addition, the number of visitors who come to Antalya in 2011, approximately 12 percent increase over the previous year reported.

Altiparmak, said: "In 2011, 10 million 704 thousand 636 tourists came to Antalya by air, 196 thousand 278 tourists came to Antalya by sea.
 
Also, 391 thousand visitors entered to our city as transit. With transit entries, the number of visitors coming to our province in 2011 amounted to a total of 11 million 291 thousand 931. In 2010, the number of visitors coming to our city was 10 million 37 thousand 44. So, Antalya City became one of the first five cities where is most attractive cities in the world in 2011.

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Antalya received 10.3 million tourists in 2010

Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya was the favorite holiday destination for tourists from Germany and Russia in 2010.   

German tourists visiting Antalya increased by 10.4 percent in 2010 compared to 2009, while the number of Russian visitors were up 16.6 percent, tourism officials told the Anatolia news agency on Thursday.

Last year, number of British tourists also rose by 37.9 percent compared to 2009, authorities said.

According to the Governorship of Antalya, the magnificent city of Mediterranean where is Antalya received 10.3 million tourists in 2010.

Visitors from Germany, Russia, the Netherlands, Britain and Ukraine preferred Antalya the most throughout the year.

The number of Swedish, French, Austrian, Polish, Norwegian, Danish, Kazakh, Swiss, Czech, Belorussian, Romanian and Iranian tourists were on the rise in 2010, officials noted.

Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya eyes to host 11 million tourists in 2011, head of a local union of hoteliers hassaid."We have set a target of 11 million tourists to host in Antalya this yearand I believe we will achieve that target,"Sururi Corabatir told reporters.Corabatir said the number of tourists visiting Antalya last year reached toaround 10.3 million, which marked a 11 percent increase over 2009.

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