The number of foreign visitors to Turkey increased by 2.3 percent in February compared to the same month of the previous year. According to the temporary data announced by the Tourism Ministry and obtained from the General Directorate of Security, a total of 1.4 million foreigners visited Turkey in February 2015, and about 0.9 percent of these visitors, 12,514, were overnight tourists. The cities with the highest number of visitors entering Turkey from border gates were Istanbul with 52.99 percent, Edirne with 11.21 percent, Antalya with 9.81 percent, Artvin with 85 percent and Kilis with 2.47 percent.