Tourist flow to Azerbaijan rises by 10%

In January-November 2019, 2,923,800 foreigners traveled to Azerbaijan from 192 countries, up 11% from the previous year, Report informs citing the State Statistical Committee (SSC).

According to the SSC, 29.7% of visitors traveled from Russia, 22.6% from Georgia, 9.9% from Turkey, 8% from Iran, 3.5% from Saudi Arabia, 2% from UAE and India, 1.9% from Ukraine, 1.7% from Turkmenistan, 1.6% from Iraq, 1.5% from each of Israel and Kazakhstan, 1.4% from Pakistan, 1.2% from Great Britain, 11.4% from other countries. Among the visitors, 66.3% were men, 33.7% were women.

The number of tourists from Turkmenistan increased by 90%, from India – by 67.7%, China – 63.1%, Egypt – 58.5%, Malaysia – 51.2%, Saudi Arabia – 46.1%, Hungary – 32.8%, Poland – 31.7%, Uzbekistan – 27.3%, Spain – 26.6%, Philippines – by 26.5%, Great Britain – 26.5%, Kazakhstan – 24.1%, South Korea – 20.2%, Georgia – 20.1% and Germany – 19.8%.

The number of tourists from the EU increased by 22% to 130,000 people, from CIS countries – by 9.1% to 1,060 people.