ANTALYA - Number of foreign tourists visiting southern province of Antalya since the beginning of 2004 increased 32 percent to 431 thousand 124 over to the same period of last year.
Sources told the A.A correspondent on Sunday that a total of 431 thousand 124 foreign tourists had visited Antalya since beginning of the year, and 135 thousand 279 foreign tourists came to the province in March.
Number of foreign tourists increased by 32 percent in the January-March period of the year over to the same period last year; and number of tourists increased by 45 percent in March of 2004 over to the previous month.
Sources added that number of foreign tourists was expected to exceed 6 million by the end of the year.
(UK-MS) 04.04.2004