The number of tourists traveling to Azerbaijan exceeded 1 million, the minister of tourism and culture of Azerbaijan Abulfaz Garayev told on September 1 in the opening ceremony of the photo exhibition Tourism potential of Azerbaijan 2006.
According to the minister, only for the first half of 2006, the number of tourists coming to Azerbaijan has reached 900 thousand. The minister said that tourism is one of the perspective spheres of Azerbaijan economy.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has prepared a series of projects directed towards developing this sphere. He added that in the near future Azerbaijan expects a large flow of tourists, and we will do our best to turn Azerbaijan into one of the tourism industry of Azerbaijan.