The tourism revenue in the first quarter increased by 3.4% and occurred as 4 billion 807 million dollars. 76.2% of the tourism revenue has been acquired from foreign visitors while 23.8% obtained from citizen visitors residing abroad. V isitors who come to Turkey organize their travels either personally or with package tours. 4 billion and 261 million dollars of the expenses in the first quarter of 2014 was personal and 546.003.000 dollars were associated with package tour expenses. In the same period, while the average expenditure of foreigners was 877 dollars and the average expenditure of citizens residing abroad was 1.230 dollars. The expenditure per capita reached 949 dollars. TURKISH TOURIST DEPARTURE INCREASES The number of visitors departing from Turkey increased by 6.1% in the first quarter of 2014 and occurred as 5.065.000. 81.7% were foreigners while citizens residing abroad constituted the 18.3%. The tourism expenditure consisting of the expenses of our citizens residing in Turkey who visit other countries increased by 13.3%, in comparison with the same quarter of the previous year, and occurred as 1.365.000 dollars. One billion 62 million dollars of this expenditure was personal and 303.587.000 dollars were associated with package tour expenses. In this quarter, the number of citizens visiting abroad increased by 4.1% in comparison with the previous year and reached to 1.728.000. The per capita average expenditure of this group occurred as 790 dollars.