Cappadocia, which with its famous fairy chimneys, rock churches and underground settlements, is one of the most important cultural tourism centers, hosted 350,532 tourists in the region’s historical and touristic centers in the first three months alone of this year.
Cappadocia has seen a rising number of both domestic and foreign tourists visiting the region this year compared to the year prior. According to an announcement by the Nevşehir Governorship, in the first three months of this year 350,532 domestic and foreign tourists visited the following sites in the Cappadocia region that are opened to tourism on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism:
The Göreme Open Air Museum, the Zelve, Açıksaray and Mustafapaşa ancient ruins, Nevşehir, Ürgüp, the Hacıbektaş Archeology and Ethnography Museum as well as the Hacıbektaş Veli Museum, the Hacıbektaş Atatürk House, Chavushin, Gülşehir St. Jean, Mustafapaşa Constantin-Eleni, Karanlık an El Nazar churches and the Özkonak, Tatlarin, Kaymaklı an Derinkuyu underground cities.
During the same time period last year, 262,290 tourists visited the museums and ancient sites in the Cappadocia region.