BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 26. The number of overnight stays in Azerbaijan's hotel facilities reached 2.046 million from January through September 2022, increasing by 75 percent against the same period of 2021, Trend reports citing Azerbaijan's State Statistical Committee.
In the period under review, Baku's hotels had the highest number of overnight stays (53 percent) in Azerbaijan. Gabala had the second most number of overnight stays (6.9 percent) followed by Khachmaz (6.2 percent), Guba (6.1 percent), Gusar (4.3 percent), Shabran (4.1 percent), Lankaran (3.7 percent), Naftalan (3.1 percent), and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (1.8 percent).
Meantime, hotels of Ismayilli, Gakh and Shamakhi districts made up one percent of the overnights stays. The hotel facilities in Masalli (0.8 percent), Shusha (0.7 percent), and other Azerbaijani cities and districts (6.3 percent) were also among the preferred ones during this period.
From January through September 2022, Baku hotels (78.3 percent) drew the highest number of bednights from international tourists and stateless persons. Gabala became the second district with 8.1 percent, followed by Guba (4.4 percent), Gusar (3.6 percent), Naftalan (2.4 percent), Shabran (0.7 percent), the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (0.5 percent). Other cities and districts of the country made up two percent of the total number of bednights by international tourists and stateless persons.
The number of overnight stays by foreigners and stateless persons in Azerbaijani hotels grew 4.3 times year on year and amounted to 1.031 million (50.4 percent of the total number of hotel overnight stays).
During this period, the income of hotels made up 269.1 million manat ($158.29 million), rising by 1.7 times compared to the same period of 2021.