BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 10. A total of 239,271 foreigners visited Azerbaijan in May 2024, which is 26 percent higher than the same indicator in 2023 (190,081), Trend reports.
According to the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan, the top 10 countries in terms of the number of foreigners visiting Azerbaijan in the reporting month of 2024 included Russia (68,803 people), Türkiye (37,582 people), India (29,691 people), Iran (19,418 people), Georgia (8,721 people), Kazakhstan (6,918 people), Saudi Arabia (6,554 people), Pakistan (5,778 people), China (4,728 people), and Uzbekistan (3,467 people).
However, 965,555 foreigners visited Azerbaijan from January through May this year, which is 35 percent more than the same period in 2023 (713,386).
Meanwhile, 2,086,548 foreigners visited Azerbaijan in 2023, which is more than 30.2 percent higher than the figure of 2022 (1,602,600).
Furthermore, 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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