Record number of tourists visit Azerbaijan last year
Read on the website Vestnik KavkazaA record high number of tourists arrived in Azerbaijan in 2017, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Culture and Tourism said in a message.
The number of foreign citizens who arrived in Azerbaijan in 2017 increased by 449,215 or 20% compared to 2016, according to the message.
It reached 2,691,998, which is the highest number observed so far, Trend reported.
Among those foreign nationals, 853,082 are citizens of Russia, 537,710 – citizens of Georgia, 362,597 – citizens of Iran, 301,553 – citizens of Turkey, 102,360 – citizens of the United Arab Emirates, 62,454 – citizens of Iraq, 57,756 – citizens of Ukraine, 33,273 – citizens of Saudi Arabia, and 381,213 – citizens of other countries.