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Turkey invested $12.9 billion in travel and tourism capital expenditure in 2024 — 3.2% of total national capex. WTTC EIR 2025 classifies the demand momentum as recovering, with the sector ranked 15th among 42 panel economies and a ten-year forecast share of GDP at 12.7% in 2035.
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$12.9 billion tourism capex (2024)
Source
WTTC EIR 2025
Last updated
2026-05-12
KEY FIGURES
T&T capex (2024)
$12.9 billion
Share of total national capex
3.2%
Capex rank
15th of 42
Demand momentum
Recovering
GDP share forecast (2035)
12.7%
Tourism YoY growth (2024)
-0.4%
Key figures
TOURISM GDP SHARE — 5-YEAR TREND
Turkey's $12.9 billion 2024 tourism capex represents 3.2% of national capital formation. WTTC's forward outlook for Turkey carries a recovering demand-momentum label, the agency's most actionable forward signal.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WTTC EIR 2025 classifies Turkey's tourism momentum as recovering. The sector accounts for 3.2% of national capex and ranks 15th of 42 panel economies.
$12.9 billion of capital expenditure flowed into Turkey's travel and tourism sector in 2024 (WTTC EIR 2025).
WTTC projects Turkey's tourism share of GDP to reach 12.7% by 2035, up from 11.8% in 2024.
Tourism GDP grew -0.4% year-over-year in 2024 in Turkey, and demand momentum is rated recovering by WTTC EIR 2025.
Turkey ranks 15th of 42 economies on tourism capex share. Combined with a 11.8% GDP share and recovering momentum, it offers an asymmetric entry point in the global tourism asset class.
METHODOLOGY & SOURCE
Every numeric claim on this page is sourced from WTTC EIR 2025 (WTTC EIR 2025 — Türkiye Factsheet, p. 7). Last accessed 2026-05-11. No figures are estimated, modelled, or AI-generated — DataGreat's narrator is locked to WTTC values verbatim.
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