BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 15. Azerbaijan was visited by 174,968 foreigners in February 2024, which is 54.19 percent higher than the same figure in 2023 (113,473), Trend reports.
The top 10 countries in terms of the number of foreigners visiting Azerbaijan in the reporting month included Russia (45,821 people), Türkiye (34,873 people), Iran (17,434 people), India (13,190 people), Georgia (8,196 people), Saudi Arabia (5,710 people), Pakistan (4,929 people), the UAE (4,617 people), Kazakhstan (4,352 people), and Kuwait (3,143 people).
From January through February of this year, 340,836 foreigners visited Azerbaijan, which is 46.55 percent higher than the same figure in 2023 (232,567).
Meanwhile, over two million 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.