9 Months of Tourist Number Announced
overseas with the first 9 months of visiting foreign number of years in Turkey residency sum of the citizens of 11 million 910 in thousand 338 according to gerçekleşti.kült and Tourism Ministry of Statistics in January-September 2020 period in Turkey 9 million 458 thousand 589 foreign visitors arrived.

The number of citizens residing abroad was 2 million 451 thousand 749. Turkey, due to the outbreak of coronavirus the previous year’s 74.03 percent decline experienced in the number of foreign visitors compared to the first 9-month period.

In the first 9 months, the number of visitors reached 11 million 910 thousand 338. In the list of countries with the highest number of visitors, in January-September 2020, the Russian Federation took the first place with 1 million 421 thousand 428 people, Germany took the second place with 912 thousand 749 people and Ukraine took the third place with 772 thousand 851 people. Bulgaria and England followed Ukraine.

More than 2 million visitors in September
According to data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, during the period of September 2020 it had 59.40 percent decrease compared to the same month of the previous year and 2 million 203 thousand 482 foreign visitors entertained.

In the ranking of countries that sent the most visitors in September, the Russian Federation was again the first with 648 thousand 742 people, the UK was the second with 262 thousand 352 people, and Ukraine was the third with 252 thousand 18 people. Bulgaria and Germany followed Ukraine.

Bread is considered sacred. Bread is a basic need, according to many, it means being full and living. There are idioms in our language such as “earning bread money”, “let bread multiply”, “take your bread off the stone”. It also means sharing bread. Another proverb is, “Whoever eats his bread alone carries his burden alone.” Bread also reminds us of our childhood. Pieces of bread that we added to noodle soup when we were sick; the bread we spread with jam and eat; the bread we use for our favorite sandwich… Has anyone not eaten that top of hot bread as a child? We all have a breaded memory.

It’s surprising that, while so valuable, bread is one of the most wasted foods in the world, isn’t it? Every year, 900 thousand tons of bread is thrown away. This means 24 million slices of bread. If we look at the basis of calories, this figure is enough to save 26 million people from hunger. It’s not just household waste; There is also a serious waste in the process from the field to the bakery.
In Turkey, every year 33 billion, 120 million are produced daily bread. Is not it too much? Very. This production exceeds the need and demand. According to researches, 3 million of the daily waste of bread that is close to 5 million are in bakeries, 1.5 million at home and 0.5 million in mass consumption areas such as dining halls, restaurants and hotels.

We continue to seek ways to give food the value it deserves.

Sometimes it is necessary to face the facts in order to act. From time to time, we may feel like it doesn’t matter what we do as individuals in the face of the size of the numbers and the data. However, we know that with every decision we make, we affect not only ourselves but the entire ecosystem. We live in a period in which man shapes nature. There are so many steps each of us can take …

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization,

More than 820 million people in the world are starving.

1,300,000,000 tons of food is wasted every year.

Enough food goes to waste every year to feed the hungry people fourfold.

Approximately 14 percent of the food produced is lost before it even reaches the point of sale.

Even while you were reading this sentence, 200,000 kg of food was wasted.

Food waste consumes the world’s resources.

The lost food causes 1.5 billion tons of greenhouse gas equivalent to carbon dioxide.

Annually, 75 billion cubic meters due to losses in grains and legumes; 74 billion cubic meters of water is wasted due to the loss in vegetables and fruits.

Every year 715 million hectares of land are used to produce meat and animal products that are thrown away without consumption.

38 percent of the total energy consumption in the global food system is spent producing food that is lost or wasted.

The monetary value of food losses is more than $ 400 billion.