BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 12. Some 294 tourists from Tajikistan visited Azerbaijan in April 2023, which is 3.1 times more than in the same month of 2022 (93 tourists), Trend reports via State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan.
According to the statistics, the number of tourists traveling from Tajikistan to Azerbaijan reached 317 people in March 2023.
Meanwhile, in February 2023, Azerbaijan was visited by 177 tourist from Tajikistan, and in January 2023 by 165 tourists.
In total, 953 tourists from Tajikistan were registered visiting Azerbaijan from January through April 2023, which is an increase of 2.8 times, compared to the same period of 2022 (331 tourists).
Meantime, the number of tourists traveling from Tajikistan to Azerbaijan amounted to 2,736 people in 2022, which is an increase of 3.3 times, compared to 820 tourists in 2021.
It is still a decrease compared to the pre COVID-19 levels. For instance, the number of tourists from Tajikistan to Azerbaijan accounted for 3,450 people in 2019.
At the same time, only 42 Azerbaijani citizens traveled to Tajikistan in 2022, and 59 citizens in 2021.