Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend S.Agayeva / The Tourism Ministry of Maldives is prepared to assist in developing the tourist sector of Azerbaijan, said the Tourism Minister of the Maldives at a meeting with the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the Maldives, Tamerlan Garayev, the Ambassador reported by telephone from Maldives on 21 August.
Tourism is a key sector of the Maldives's economy. Last year, nearly 600,000 tourists arrived in the country and this year the figure is expected to be nearly 750,000. The tourism experience of the Maldives would be very useful to Azerbaijan. According to Garayev, the sides spoke of the possibility of a visit by Azerbaijan's Culture and Tourism Minister, Abulfaz Garayev, to the Maldives.