State Statistics Committee notes the growth of tourist flow to Azerbaijan

Baku/22.09.23/Turan: In January-August 2023, 1 million 343.7 thousand foreigners or stateless persons arrived in Azerbaijan from 183 countries, by 33.8 percent more than it was in the same period last year,  the State Statistics Committee of the country.

31.7% of the arrivals were citizens of the Russian Federation, 17.7% - Turkey, 7.5% - Iran, 4.9% - India.

The State Statistics Committee also notes an increase by 8.2 times in arrivals of Chinese citizens, 3.2 times – Turkmenistan, 2.4 times – India, 1.8 times – Uzbekistan, 1.8 times – Kazakhstan, 1.7 times – Belarus. The number of arrivals from the CIS countries increased by 1.6 times,   from the EU –  by 37.8 percent.

The number of Azerbaijani citizens traveling to foreign countries amounted to 1 million 209 thousand people, and this was 23% more than in the same period last year.

The number of those who left for Russia increased by 1.5 times, Georgia – 33.6%, Turkey - 13.7%. The number of people who left for Iran decreased by 20%.

It should be noted that the land borders of Azerbaijan have remained closed since March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. ---06B---