Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 24/ Trend , U. Ismaylova/ "The State Land and Cartography Committee has drawn out a tourism atlas of Azerbaijan at the request of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism," Garib Mammadov, head of the committee, said.
"This map has been drawn out for the first time in Azerbaijan. Tourist routes and facilities are depicted on it" he said.
All the administrative districts, nature, climate, flora, fauna, vegetation, historic and architectural monuments, etc. are indicated on the atlas, head of the committee said.
"The main purpose of the map is to develop tourism in Azerbaijan," Mammadov said.
Under State Program on Development of Tourism in 2002-2005, tourism atlas of Azerbaijan was drawn out in Baku cartography factory. Head of the committee Qarib Mammmadov is the scientific supervisor on drawing up the atlas.
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