According to data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Türkiye had 21,608 tourism facilities as of August, including facilities holding tourism operation certificates, tourism investment certificates and simple accommodation tourism operation certificates.
These facilities had a total of 928,638 rooms and a bed capacity of 1,939,125.
Distribution of certified facilities
The 8,768 facilities holding tourism operation certificates had 596,643 rooms and 1,255,744 beds. The capacity of 455 facilities holding tourism investment certificates consisted of 54,434 rooms and 122,218 beds.
The 12,385 facilities holding simple accommodation tourism operation certificates had 277,561 rooms and a bed capacity of 561,163.
Antalya accounts for one-third of the total capacity
Antalya ranked first among the provinces in terms of the bed capacity of accommodation facilities certified by the Ministry. The 2,764 facilities in the city had a total bed capacity of 654,133.
Antalya’s capacity accounted for 33.7% of the total bed capacity of Ministry-certified facilities across Türkiye. Thus, approximately one in every three beds in Türkiye’s Ministry-certified accommodation facilities is located in Antalya.
Antalya was followed by Istanbul with 272,731 beds, Muğla with 243,256 beds, İzmir with 94,936 beds and Aydın with 58,675 beds. The total bed capacity of Ministry-certified accommodation facilities in Ankara was recorded at 42,249.
Istanbul ranked first by number of facilities, with 3,192, while Antalya ranked second with 2,764.
Antalya also leads in environmentally friendly facilities
Environmentally friendly facility certificates are awarded to businesses that protect nature, save energy and water, reduce and recycle waste, and adopt sustainability.
There were 428 environmentally friendly certified accommodation facilities across Türkiye. These facilities had a total capacity of 132,241 rooms and 284,507 beds.
Antalya also ranked first in the bed capacity of environmentally friendly certified facilities, accounting for 68.6% of the total. The city had 89,058 rooms and 195,206 beds across 217 facilities.
Antalya was followed by Istanbul with 57 facilities and 25,927 beds, Muğla with 43 facilities and 22,036 beds, and İzmir with 28 facilities and 11,354 beds. In Ankara, 19 environmentally friendly certified accommodation facilities had a bed capacity of 6,684.