BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 16. The number of Uzbek citizens who visited Azerbaijan from January through July 2022 amounted to 9,984 people, Trend reports via Azerbaijan’s State Statistics Committee.
At the same time, foreigners and stateless persons from 171 countries visited Azerbaijan. The number of these people amounted to 832,000, which is an increase by 2.3 times.
Uzbekistan ranked 13th in the top 15 countries in terms of the number of visitors to Azerbaijan in July 2022.
During this period, the number of people visiting Azerbaijan from Uzbekistan amounted to 2,600, which is an increase of 12 times compared to July 2021 (215 people).
Uzbekistan's tourism industry continues to recover, showing a threefold increase in the tourist flow in July 2022 compared to the same period last year.
In July 2022, 540,700 foreign citizens visited Uzbekistan for tourism purposes. This figure increased by 359,800 people compared to the corresponding period last year.