BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 11. The number of tourists who visited Azerbaijan significantly grew in April 2023, Trend reports via the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan.
According to the agency, this figure amounted to 154,233, up by 82.74 percent on annual basis.
From January through April 2023, 523,305 tourists visited Azerbaijan (an increase of 58.25 percent).
The TOP 10 countries by number of tourists who visited Azerbaijan in April this year included 47,100 people from Russia, 30,200 - from Türkiye, 10,700 - from Iran, 10,400 - from India, 8,100 - from Georgia, 3,800 – from the UK, 3,500 - from Kazakhstan, 3,300 - from Uzbekistan, 2,700 - from Belarus, and 2,600 - from UAE.
In January 2023, Azerbaijan was visited by 119,094 tourists, while in February and March this year - 113,473 and 136,505 tourists, respectively.
In total, over 1.6 million foreign citizens visited Azerbaijan in 2022, which is more than twice the number seen in 2021 (790,062 citizens).