Ministry: "We should make tourists stay in Azerbaijan, as well as involve tourists from other countries"

In 2018, 1.6 million tourists travelled from Azerbaijan to Georgia, Arif Valimammadov, Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Entrepreneurship Development Fund under the Ministry of Economic Development of the Azerbaijan Republic said at a conference on ‘Current situation of tourism in Azerbaijan and development perspectives’.

"Of course, we cannot prevent them from going to Georgia. People have the right to choose a place for rest. However, we should make tourists stay in Azerbaijan, as well as attract tourists from other countries. Therefore, there must be better conditions in Azerbaijan than in Georgia. I think there are opportunities for this. Azerbaijan and Georgia almost have similar cuisine and nature," he said.