BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 8. Azerbaijan was visited by 165,868 foreigners in January 2024, which is 39.27 percent higher than the same figure of 2023 (119,094), Trend reports.
The top 10 countries in terms of the number of foreigners visiting Azerbaijan in January 2024 included Russia (45,576 people), Türkiye (32,869 people), Iran (16,157 people), India (10,135 people), Georgia (8,205 people), Saudi Arabia (5,823 people), Kazakhstan (4,795 people), UAE (4,548 people), Pakistan (4,197 people) and Kuwait (4,001 people).
Meanwhile, 2,086,548 foreign citizens visited Azerbaijan in 2023, which is more than 30.2 percent higher than in 2022 (1,602,600).
To note, 119,094 tourists visited Azerbaijan in January 2023, 113,473 in February, 136,505 in March, 154,233 in April, 190,081 in May, 205,910 in June, 224,826 in July, 200,138 in August, 192,115 in September, 187,843 in October, 169,461 in November and 192,869 in December.
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