Russia thus ranked fifth in the top source of tourists for Turkey, following Georgia, Iran, Germany and Bulgaria.
In 2016, the number of arrivals from Russia into Turkey regressed to 866,256 overall, a 76.2% drop from the previous year amid the diplomatic crisis between the two countries.
A total of 3.65 million Russians visited Turkey in 2015 and 4.5 million in 2014, the Hurriyet daily news reported.
The Russian-Turkish relations soured after a Russian Su-24 was shot down over Syria.
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