Ertugrul Gunai "We are optimistic to achieve more than that target,"

Until the end of 2011, Turkey successfully penetrate the target 30 million tourists. "We are optimistic to achieve more than that target," said Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey Ertugrul Gunai as Anatolia news on Monday (05/09/2011).

According Gunai, for the sake of that target, it also enhances the performance of working with statistical agencies, the calculation of income from tourism by TurkStat systems and so on.

The number of tourists to Turkey during the first six months of 2011 was 17,624,969 people, up 10.64 percent than the same period last year.

In July 2011, the number of tourists is in the position of 4,597,475 inhabitants. This figure rose 5.49 percent than in July 2010.

During July, the German, Russian, and English is the native country with the highest number of tourists visiting Turkey.