Türkiye sees 12-pct increase in foreign tourists in Jan.-Feb.: report

ISTANBUL, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye hosted 4.3 million foreign tourists in the first two months of this year, a 12 percent year-on-year increase, the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry said on Friday.

While the number of visitors in January showed a modest increase of 2 percent compared to the previous year, there was a significant surge of 22.68 percent in February, according to the ministry's statistical data.