(GEN) TOURISM GROWS IN TURKEY AS SHRINKING IN WORLD.ANKARA, Nov 11, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Tourism grew 1.47 percent in Turkey as shrinking 7 percent in the world in the January-July period of 2009, World Tourism Organization (WTO See World Trade Organization. ) said. Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism said in a statement on Wednesday that tourism shrunk shrunk v. A past tense and a past participle of shrink. shrunk Verb a past tense and past participle of shrink shrunk, shrunken shrink 7 percent in the world and 8.4 percent in Europe in the January-July period of the year because of impacts of the global financial crisis. "Tourism grew 1.47 percent in Turkey in the same period with number of tourists rising up to 21.8 million. Number of tourists increased only in Turkey among the ten most popular tourism destinations in the world," the ministry added. Tourism figures in the top ten countries in 2009 are as follows: Countries Difference (percent) Period --------- -------------------- ------------- France -9 January-August United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. -10 January-July Spain -9.9 January-August China -5.8 January-August Italy -4.4 January-June Britain -11 January-August Turkey +1.47 January-September Ukraine -12 January-September Germany -6.1 January-July Mexico -6.8 January-July Tourism figures in three Mediterranean countries which do not take place in the list of top ten countries are as follows: Countries Difference (percent) Period --------- -------------------- ------------- Greece -7,5 January-September Egypt -7,3 January-August Greek Cypriot -10,9 January-August (UK-MS) (THROUGH ASIA PULSE) |
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