The number of foreign visitors to Turkey rose 6.28 percent year-on-year in October to 2.62 million, the Tourism Ministry said on Monday, pointing to a possible recovery in the important sector.

The number of visitors, who provide a key source of foreign currency for Turkey, rose 1.96 percent to 24.45 million in the first 10 months of the year, the ministry also said.

The number of tourists declined as much as 7.5 percent year-on-year earlier this year.

Despite the rise in the number of tourists coming to Turkey, revenues from the industry fell 4.6 percent from a year earlier to $9.526 billion in the high-season third quarter.

Tourism receipts rose 18.5 percent last year to almost $22 billion, or 3 percent of gross domestic product.

A total of 26.336 million tourists visited Turkey in 2008, making it one of the top destinations in the Mediterranean.

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Where else on the planet can you see a landscape filled with fabled palaces, ruined castles, and battlefields that still seem to smoke from the time of the Ottoman Empire? The fun facts and information about Turkey, the land of timeless marvels and mementos, is a conglomeration of juicy hearsay as well as verifiable folklore. The myths blend in with facts just like Istanbul, which blends two continents into one.

A journey through Turkey is not just about enjoying the beauty and the diversity that exists within the 9,000 species of plants that thrive in this exotic country, or by eating the delicious Ottoman cuisine, which tops menus in the markets and in the restaurants throughout the country. The fun facts and information about Turkey can start with işkembe soup the popular cure for the hangover as well as sitting in Turkey’s favorite food chain Simit Sarayi and eating simit, the sesame encrusted bread ring, but they don’t end there.

Everyone knows there’s fun in having an average of over fourteen sexual partners over the course of a lifetime afterall, Turkey is the most virile nation in the world. The tallest man in the world lives in Turkey. He over 8 feet tall and must have his own norms when it comes to virility. Some say the Turks can tell someone’s political associations from the shape of his moustache, but the meze which is a table filled with incredible treats needs no moustache. The locals never hesitate; they enjoy all of their passions.

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For over 30 years the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam- an anti-governmental organization, staged attacks in this country. The capital and other major cities were bombed several times, although mostly in the North, where tourists stopped going long ago. After several special operations fighting subsided and the government declared victory over the separatists. However many travelers believe that the risks are greatly exaggerated, and the pleasure that can be obtained from visiting Sri Lanka, is disproportionately more.

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