Turkey's Cappadocia region breaks toruist record this year

The number of tourists visiting the Cappadocia region between January and May this year reached nearly 1 million, which is a record number, according to officials. Last year in the same term, the number was below 900,000. According to data provided by the Nevsehir Governor's Office, the Goreme Open Air Museum drew the highest number of tourists, 137,214. Other top sites included Kaymakli underground city with 65,210 tourists and Derinkuyu underground city with 48,106 tourists. They were followed by the ruins in Zelve, Mustafapasa and Aciksaray, Cavusin, El Nazar, Karanlik, Gulsehir's St. Jean Church, Nevsehir, Urgup, the Hacibektaş Veli Museum, the Hacibektas Ataturk House, Ozkonak and Tatlarin, with a total of 960,480 tourists.