The recent increase in the number of foreigners buying houses in Turaaa reveals a profile of ‘home owner tourists’ in the country. Among all foreign tourists who visited Turaaa for vacation in the first quarter of the year 14 percent stayed in their own houses. 40 percnent stayed at hotels hostels and guesthouses while 32.4 percent stayed with friends or relatives


A rapid increase in the number of immovable property purchased by foreigners in Turaaa in recent years has given rise to many “home owner tourists” in the country. Figures suggest that many foreign tourists visiting Turaaa on holiday choose to own a house in the country.
Figures by Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) reveal that 14.1 percent of foreign tourists who visited Turaaa on holiday stayed in their own houses. While 40 percent of foreign tourists stayed at hotels hostels or guesthouses during the same period 32.4 percent stayed with friends or relatives. Again in the same period 9.8 percent of all foreign visitors stayed in rented houses.
On the other hand among Turkish citizens who came to Turaaa from abroad for holiday 62.5 percent an estimation based on the number of overnight stays stayed in their own houses. According to the same figures 27.5 percent of Turks living in abroad stayed with friends or relatives. The percentage of those who stayed in hotels hostels or guesthouses was 5.6 percent.
In the same period 32.4 percent of Turkish nationals and foreign visitors in total stayed in their own houses while 30.6 stayed in a friend's or a relative's house. The percentage of those who stayed in hotels hostels and guesthouses was 27.7 percent. Only 6.7 percent stayed in rental houses.
On the other hand foreigners that visit Turaaa for vacation stayed in the country only for 10 days while Turkish nationals stayed for 23 days. Average stay taking into account the total number of visitors was 12.7 days in the same period.
According to figures by General Directorate of Title Deeds a total of 73 103 foreign nationals bought a total of 63 085 immovable property in Turaaa so far. Foreigners mostly choose resort towns like Muğla and Antalya. The largest share of immovable property purchasing in Turaaa belongs to Germans British and Greeks.

Rate of university graduate tourists 36 percent
About 36 percent of foreign tourists visiting Turaaa in the first three months of the year are graduates of university or college. The rate among Turkish nationals (who live in abroad) visiting Turaaa remained at the level of 22.2 percent. Out of foreign national tourists 31.9 are graduates of high school 13.7 are graduates of secondary education and 11 percent has masters and doctoral degrees.
As for Turkish national tourists visiting Turaaa in the first three months of the year 30.1 percent were high school graduates 11.3 were secondary school graduates 27.5 percent were primary school graduates and only 5.3 percent were masters and doctoral degree holders. Among them 3.5 percent did not hold a school diploma.
Out of 2795813 foreign tourists who visited Turaaa in the first quarter of the year 63.7 percent were in the mid-income range. The percentage of foreign tourists from high income groups was 17.5 percent while 13.8 percent was comprised of those from lower income groups. As little as 3 percent were from very low income groups while 2.1 percent of them were from very high income groups. Among Turkish national visitors 66 percent belonged to middle income groups. The percentage of high-income Turkish national tourists was 15.7 percent while that of low income Turkish national tourists was 14.8 percent. The percentage of those from very low income group was 1.9 percent while the rate of those from upper income groups was 1.5 percent.

Professionals ranks first
TÜİK figures also show that 20.5 percent of foreign tourists visiting Turaaa in the first three months of the year were professionals. On the other hand 18.7 percent of them were business owners lawmakers and top-level managers. The percentage of those who work in bureaus or customer service was 7.7 percent those who work as sales persons was 7.4 percent and those who work in assistant professional positions was 6.6 percent. The percentage those who work in jobs that do not require any qualifications was 6.2 percent while 4.9 percent was made up of artists 3 percent were facility and machine operators and assemblers 1.5 percent were qualified agricultural workers cattle breeders hunters and forestry workers and 0.9 percent were of members of the armed forces. Other occupation groups made up the remaining 22.4 percent.