ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, June 14. Azerbaijan welcomed approximately 2,751 citizens from Turkmenistan in May this year, Trend reports.
According to Azerbaijan's State Tourism Agency, this is a more than 18 percent rise from the same period last year, when 2,338 people visited.
During the same period, the total number of Turkmen nationals who visited Azerbaijan from January through May this year reached 12,918 people, which is 43 percent more than the number of tourists of the previous year at 9,059 people.
Azerbaijan was visited by 965,555 foreign tourists from January through May 2024, which is 35 percent more than in the same period last year, when 713,386 people arrived.
Meanwhile, the number of Turkmen tourists visiting Azerbaijan more than doubled last year, with 26,015 people compared to 11,188 in 2022.