In January-March of this year, 368,900 foreigners and stateless persons traveled to Azerbaijan from 157 countries, 49.8% more than in the corresponding period of 2022, Report informs, referring to the State Statistical Committee.
32.3% of the arrivals came from the Russian Federation, 21.5% from Türkiye, 9.1% from Iran, 5.6% from Georgia, 4.2% from India, 2.7% from Pakistan, 2.6% from the United Arab Emirates, 1.9% from Kazakhstan, 1.7% from each of Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan, 1.6% from each of Ukraine and Belarus, 1.4% from Kuwait, 1 3% from Turkmenistan, 10.8% were citizens of other countries. Men accounted for 76.9% of the arrivals and women made 23.1%.
Compared to the same period last year, the number of arrivals from India increased by 5.4 times, from Turkmenistan - 4.2 times, from Uzbekistan - 4.1 times, from China - 3.6 times, from Belarus - 3.4 times, from Kazakhstan - 2.3 times, from Pakistan - 2 times, from the Russian Federation - 1.8 times, from Israel - 1.7 times, from the USA - 1.5 times, from Georgia - 45.2%, from Great Britain - 40.6%, from Oman - 38.5%, from Kuwait - 32.4%, from Türkiye - 30.2%, from the United Arab Emirates - 28%.
Compared to January-March 2022, the number of arrivals from the CIS countries increased 1.8 times to 151,400 people, the number of arrivals from the European Union member countries increased by 40.1% to 15,200 people, the number of arrivals from the Gulf countries increased by 1.5% to 59,100 people.
Some 63.2% of foreigners and stateless persons traveled to Azerbaijan by air, 35.3% by railway and vehicular transport, and 1.5% by sea.