Travel costs Azerbaijanis abroad increased by 17 %
Travel services totaling $ 1.8 billion provided to foreigners in Azerbaijan in January-September 2012. This is 20 percent more than the corresponding period last year .
Of the total exports of tourism services accounted for 37.6% of non-residents costs incurred during business trips to Azerbaijan.
In turn, according to the balance of payments , the amount of tourism services provided to residents of Azerbaijan abroad , for the period increased by 17% , reaching $ 2.1 billion, of which 62.3% is spent in the private foreign trips of citizens . - 15B -
Economics
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