TOURISM STATISTICS

TOURISM STATISTICS

January - November 2000

1. BED CAPACITY

No. of beds in tourist accommodation establishments is 10,213 in November 2000.

Last year during the same period it was 9,557.

Table 1 _ No. of beds in tourist accommodation establishments by months

MONTHS	BED CAPACITY		CHANGE
	1999	2000	%
JANUARY	8,972	9,463	5.5
FEBRUARY	9,110	9,463	3.9
MARCH	9,323	9,463	1.5
APRIL	9,367	9,493	1.3
MAY	9,367	9,493	1.3
JUNE	9,427	9,493	0.7
JULY	9,427	9,493	0.7
AUGUST	9,375	9,625	2.7
SEPTEMBER	9,375	10,137	8.1
OCTOBER	9,397	10,213	8.7
NOVEMBER	9,557	10,213	6.9

Graph 1 _ No. of beds in tourist accommodation establishments by months

Graph 2 _ Bed capacity by regions

Table 2 _ No. of tourist accommodation establishments and bed capacity by regions
REGIONS	NO. OF EST.	NO. OF BEDS
GIRNE	82	7.543
MAGUSA	9	1.750
Y.ISKELE	7	604
LEFKOSA	3	258
GUZELYURT	2	58
TOTAL	103	10.213


Table 3 _ Tourist accommodation establishments by categories
CATEGORIES	NO. OF EST.	NO. OF BEDS
5 STAR	4	1.728
4 STAR	9	2.324
3 STAR	23	2.786
2 STAR	31	2.088
1 STAR	36	1.287
TOTAL	103	10.213

Graph 3 _ Tourist accommodation establishments by categories

Graph 4 _ Bed capacity by categories

2. NUMBER OF ARRIVALS

While total number of arrivals (excluding T.R.N.C) by air and sea for the first eleven months of 1999 was 388,933, this number increased by %4.9 and becomes 407,805 in 2000.

Table 4_ No. of arrivals by months (excluding T.R.N.C)

MONTHS		TURKEY		FOREIGNER		TOTAL ARRIVALS
	1999	2000	%	1999	2000	%	1999	2000	%
JANUARY	26.486	24.296	-8.3	2.137	2.115	-1.0	28.623	26.411	-7.7
FEBRUARY	24.624	30.019	21.9	3.433	4.065	18.4	28.057	34.084	21.5
MARCH	26.980	35.524	31.7	5.956	6.244	4.8	32.936	41.768	26.8
APRIL	30.433	23.505	-22.8	5.776	9.332	61.6	36.209	32.837	-9.3
MAY	27.313	30.976	13.4	7.624	9.053	18.7	34.937	40.029	14.6
JUNE	25.005	29.797	19.2	6.717	7.649	13.9	31.722	37.446	18.0
JULY	31.337	32.689	4.3	8.053	8.688	7.9	39.390	41.377	5.0
AUGUST	27.830	30.155	8.4	9.565	9.181	-4.0	37.395	39.336	5.2
SEPTEMBER	33.759	33.413	-1.0	10.464	11.057	5.7	44.223	44.470	0.6
OCTOBER	34.358	33.559	-2.3	10.777	10.330	-4.1	45.135	43.889	-2.8
NOVEMBER	25.169	22.040	-12.4	5.137	4.118	-19.8	30.306	26.158	-13.7
TOTAL	313.294	325.973	4.0	75.639	81.832	8.2	388.933	407.805	4.9

Graph 5_ No. of arrivals by months (excluding T.R.N.C)

Table 5_No. of arrivals by mode of travel in January-November 2000

PORT	TURKEY	FOREIGNER	TOTAL	T.R.N.C	G.TOTAL
ERCAN(by air)	207.096	75.349	282.445	106.109	388.554
GIRNE(by sea)	102.045	6.213	108.258	18.122	126.380
MAGUSA(by sea)	16.832	270	17.102	6.354	23.456
TOTAL	325.973	81.832	407.805	130.585	538.390

Graph 6_ Percentage distribution of arrivals by mode of travel in January-November 2000

Graph 7_No. of arrivals by mode of travel

Table 6_ No. of arrivals by country of usual residence in January- November period

COUNTRIES	1999	2000	CHANGE %
U.S.A	1.450	1.650	13,8
GERMANY	15.383	11.497	-25,3
AUSTRIA	687	650	-5,4
BELGIUM	489	2.279	366,1
FINLAND	114	124	8,8
FRANCE	1.059	1.623	53,3
HOLLAND	599	650	8,5
U.K	35.282	41.520	17,7
ISRAIL	2.965	1.170	-60,5
SWEDEN	324	491	51,5
SWITZERLAND	333	355	6,6
ITALY	549	774	41,0
HUNGARY	655	786	20,0
RUSSIA	1.520	1.471	-3,2
OTHER	14.230	16.792	18,0
TOTAL	75.639	81.832	8,2

In January-November 2000 period, 17,751 excursionists visited T.R.N.C. It was 12,977 in January-November 1999.

Table 7_No. of foreigners entering through the Ledra Palace gate by months

MONTHS	1999	2000	CHANGE %
JANUARY	805	825	2.5
FEBRUARY	1.077	1.030	-4.4
MARCH	1.044	1.601	53.4
APRIL	942	2.224	136.1
MAY	1.334	1.862	39.6
JUNE	1.284	1.475	14.9
JULY	1.198	1.339	11.8
AUGUST	1.688	1.839	8.9
SEPTEMBER	1.527	1.637	7.2
OCTOBER	1.732	2.317	33.8
NOVEMBER	346	1.602	363.0
TOTAL	12.977	17.751	36.8

Graph 8_Distribution of foreigners entering through Ledra Palace gate by months

Table 8_No. of foreigners entering through the Ledra Palace gate by country
of usual residence in January-November period

COUNTRIES	1999	2000	CHANGE %
GERMANY	1.496	2.109	41,0
U.S.A	814	962	18,2
AUSTRALIA	147	293	99,3
AVUSTRIA	380	619	62,9
BELGIUM	190	296	55,8
FRANCE	485	783	61,4
FINLAND	98	202	106,1
HOLLAND	254	423	66,5
U.K	5.835	7.115	21,9
IRLAND	441	464	5,2
ISRAIL	280	245	-12,5
SWEDEN	141	223	58,2
SWITZERLAND	260	329	26,5
ITALY	755	607	-19,6
CANADA	118	172	45,8
OTHER	1.283	2.909	126,7
TOTAL	12.977	17.751	36,8

3. NUMBER OF BEDNIGHTS

a) No. of persons.

Table 9_ No. of tourists in tourist accommodation establishments
by country of usual residence in January-November period

NATIONALITY	1999	2000	CHANGE %
TURKEY	135.444	156.311	15,4
U.S.A	398	326	-18,1

MONTHS

BED CAPACITY

CHANGE

JANUARY

OCTOBER

Table 5_No. of arrivals by mode of travel in January-November 2000