Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 27
By Sara Israfilbayova - Trend:
Azerbaijan and Australia plan to increase mutual tourist flow, President of the Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce in Australia Nizami Jafarov told Trend.
Jafarov noted that presently the Chamber is actively working with the newly created Azerbaijan Tourism Board to popularize the country as a tourism destination among Australians.
"Negotiations are underway with a number of travel companies in both countries and a development strategy is being worked out," Jafarov said.
In January-October 2018, 2,420,400 foreigners and stateless persons from 194 countries arrived in Azerbaijan, and this indicates a 6.1 percent growth compared to the same period of 2017.
According to the report, 31.1 percent of the tourists came from Russia. The list follows with Georgia - 20.2 percent, Turkey - 10.1 percent, Iran - 8.9 percent , UAE - 3.2 percent, Saudi Arabia - 2.8 percent, Iraq - 2.6 percent, Ukraine - 2 percent, Israel - 1.6 percent, while 17.4 percent accounted for citizens of other countries and 0.1 percent for stateless persons.
In 2017, some 2,455 Australian tourists visited Azerbaijan, which is 24.6 percent more than in 2016.