According to data by the Mediterranean Touristic Hoteliers Association (AKTOB), the number of foreign tourists visiting Antalya decreased by 1.57 percent to 10.2 million in 2012 compared to the previous year. Antalya had attracted 10.4 million foreign tourists in 2011.
The number of tourists from Germany and Russia was up by 1 percent in 2012, while the number of visitors from the Netherlands, Britain, Sweden, France and Austria dropped.