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Middle Corridor) and to ensure decarbonisation in international freight transport and prioritises
railway projects integrated to the international railway network.

In addition, the “Carbon-Neutral Airport Project” was initiated by the Ministry of Transport and
Infrastructure in order to control the possible impacts of all ongoing activities at airports on the
environment, to leave a more livable world to the next generations through measures taken
against global warming and climate change, and to ensure sustainable airport operations.

7. Tourism

According to the World Tourism Organization data, Türkiye ranks 5 in the world and 4 in Euro-
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pe in terms of the number of tourists in 2023, and ranks 7 in the world and 5 in Europe in ter-
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ms of tourism revenues in the same year.
Table -26 Distribution of Foreign Visitors to Türkiye by Year and Month (Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2024)
YEARS

MONTHS 2020 2021 2022 2023
JANUARY 1,787,435 509,787 1,281,666 2,005,967
FEBRUARY 1,733,112 537,976 1,541,393 1,870,414
MARCH 718,097 905,323 2,079,565 2,335,728

APRIL 24,238 790,687 2,574,423 3,321,824
MAY 29,829 936,282 3,873,212 4,500,242
JUNE 214,768 2,047,596 5,014,821 5,584,021

JULY 932,927 4,360,952 6,664,970 7,148,044
AUGUST 1,814,701 3,982,168 6,304,770 6,660,700
SEPTEMBER 2,203,482 3,513,453 5,475,453 5,786,027
OCTOBER 1,742,303 3,471,540 4,803,198 4,987,112

NOVEMBER 833,991 1,763,982 2,551,483 2,525,345
DECEMBER 699,330 1,892,520 2,399,441 2,483,756
TOTAL 12,734,213 24,712,266 44,564,395 49,209,180

8. Agriculture

8.1. Organic Agriculture and Good Agricultural Practices

Organic agriculture is a sustainable, traceable, and certified production system that designs ani-
mal and plant production as a whole, increases its productivity with an understanding that does
not disrupt the structure of the soil, is based on animal welfare, aims to use inputs provided from
within the enterprise, utilises the latest information and technology, and requires control and
certification within certain rules from seed to soil, from input to processing.

In Türkiye, organic agriculture activities are carried out within the framework of the contract
between the entrepreneurs and the Control and Certification bodies authorised by the Ministry
of Agriculture and Forestry, based on the principle of voluntariness within the scope of the pro-
visions of the Organic Agriculture Law No. 5262 and the “By-law on the Principles and Imple-

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