In this study, the numerical effect of the virus, which emerged in Wuhan, the largest city of China's Hubei province, in December 2019 and called novel coronavirus (covid-19), on the reasons for foreign visitors to come to Turkey was tried to be examined. The data set published by the Turkish Statistical Institute under the heading "Visitors Departing According to the Reason of Arrival" was used in the study. In the research, the count of foreign visitors belonging to the first quarter of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 was taken as a basis and the proportional changes that occurred over the years were tried to be evaluated in terms of the reasons for the visit. As a result of the research; It has been determined that the count of foreign tourists coming to Turkey for trips, entertainment, sporting and cultural activities, visiting relatives and friends, education and internship, health and medical reasons, religious reasons, shopping and business reasons, especially in the first quarter of 2021, has been seriously decreasing. Also in the research; It is concluded that the rate of decrease in the count of foreign tourists coming to Turkey is mostly in the visits made for "shopping" and "sightseeing, entertainment, sports and cultural activities". Key words: Tourism, Covid-19, Reasons for Visit

Author Name: Ali ILGAZ & Halil AKMEŞE

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Keywords: Tourism, Covid-19, Reasons for Visit

ISSN: 2636-7637

EISSN: 2636-7637

EOI/DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.31569/ASR

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