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9.1.3 Tourism sector news
For 2019, the government is targeting revenue generation of $29bn from tourism activities and a foreign tourist tally of 50mn.
In 2018, foreign tourist arrivals increased nearly 22% from the previous year to 39.45mn.
9.1.4 Utilities sector news
Turkey’s total installed capacity was 90,421MW as of end-July, according to the latest data from the ministry, with hydropower plants accounting for 31.4% of the total capacity. Wind and solar power had 8% and 6% shares, respectively.
Turkey’s current installed solar power capacity is 5,600MW. As recently as 2014 the total solar power installed capacity in Turkey was only 40MW.
As of end-September, solar power provided only 3.4% of Turkey’s total electricity production whereas the shares of hydropower plants and natural gas were 32.5% and 17%, respectively.
Turkey has nearly 70 gigawatts (GW) of technical potential for offshore wind, according to a new World Bank Group report entitled “Going Global: Expanding Offshore Wind in Emerging Markets.”
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