Major group of foreign travelers visits Azikh cave in Azerbaijan

An international group of travelers from the UK, which includes representatives of 12 countries, has got acquainted with the Azikh cave in Azerbaijan, Report informs.

The travelers are on a three-day visit to Karabakh and East Zangazur.

The tourists were provided with information about the history of this unique archaeological site - one of the oldest sites of prehistoric man.

Azikh cave is located 14 kilometers northwest of Fuzuli city, near the village of Azikh, on the left bank of the Guruchay River, at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level.

Travelers will visit the liberated Azerbaijani territories on February 4-6 along the route Fuzuli-Khojavand-Shusha-Kalbajar-Lachin-Zangilan-Jabrayil-Agdam. This trip once again demonstrates a significant increase in the interest of international travelers in construction and restoration work in the liberated territories of the country, completely destroyed during the years of almost 30 years of occupation.

They will also be briefed on the progress of demining work. Over the past two years, representatives of the main international travel clubs - Etic, MTP, TCC, NomadMania and the Turkish Travel Club have visited Karabakh and East Zangazur. Such visits were implemented once in 2021, and four times last year. The current trip is the sixth in a row. The group includes travelers interested in military history, including authors of famous travel books.

Such visits are aimed at promoting such an extreme type of tourism as Dark Tourism. International travelers visit the liberated territories that Armenia has plundered for almost 30 years and places where heavy fighting took place in 2020. They have the opportunity to get acquainted with the realities on the ground, including with the work on construction and rehabilitation, with the work on the creation of the Zangazur Corridor.