Türkiye eyeing to receive 1 million tourists from Azerbaijan per year

“In 2022, 700,000 tourists from Azerbaijan visited Türkiye. We expect this figure to reach 1 million soon,” Head of the Hotel Association of Türkiye, Muberra Eresin, said, Report informs via Anadolu.

“Last year, the first choice of Azerbaijani citizens going abroad was Türkiye, while 315,000 tourists visited Azerbaijan from Türkiye. Thus, Turkish citizens ranked in the top 5 in terms of tourist visits to Azerbaijan. This shows how important Türkiye is for Azerbaijani tourism, just as Azerbaijan is for Turkish tourism. Azerbaijan has the potential to receive more tourists from Türkiye. In order to realize this significant potential, to increase the number of mutual tourist visits to 1.85 million people, we will cooperate with our Azerbaijani counterparts and carry out promotional activities,” she said.