ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - With the onset of summer, tourists from different provinces such as the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir (Amed) and many other provinces of Turkey flock to Dersim.
As the summer season begins, tourists from different areas flock to the Kurdish city of Dersim in southeastern Turkey (Bakur).
Seyid Riza Park is one of the favorite tourist spots in the city.
Local and foreign tourists in Dersim province visit Munzur Baba and Munzur River, which has become a place for rafting and other sports.
The majority of the tourists are from Turkish cities, and they told Rudaw that they are happy to see this charming scenery and say that along with the nature of Dersim, its culture is interesting to them.
According to Dersim's Tourism Directorate, around two million tourists visited the province last year.
Nearly 45 million foreign tourists visited Turkey in 2022. Only Istanbul attracted 16 million tourists, according to the Culture and Tourism Ministry.
Turkey’s statistical institute (TUIK) revealed in January that the country earned $46.3 billion in the tourism sector last year, seeing a 53 percent surge compared to 2021.
