Azerbaijan increases tourist flow from Central Asian countries

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The number of tourists from Central Asian countries in Azerbaijan totaled 15,990 in September 2024, which is 17% higher than the figure for the same period in 2023 (13,685).

According to Azerbaijan's State Tourism Agency shows that the number of tourists from Kazakhstan amounted to 7,350 (up 10% over a year), Uzbekistan - 4,287 (up 20 percent over a year), Turkmenistan - 3,007 (up 29 percent over a year), Kyrgyzstan - 739 (up 23% over a year), Tajikistan - 607 (up 14% over a year).

Meanwhile, a total of 133,200 tourists from Central Asian countries visited Azerbaijan from January through September this year, which is 39% higher than the figure for the same period of 2023 (95,871 people).

Furthermore, 1,983,361 foreigners visited Azerbaijan in the reporting period of the current year, which is 30% more than in the same period of 2023 (1,536,375).