Azerbaijan and China discuss development of tourism ties

An Azerbaijani delegation led by chairman of the State Agency for Tourism Fuad Naghiyev visited China as part of the CITM 2025 (China International Travel Mart) international tourism exhibition.

Fuad Naghiyev said during a meeting with China's Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yeli that the dynamic and positive development of tourism relations between Azerbaijan and China in recent years and emphasized the positive impact of the mutual abolition of visas on tourist flows.

The agency's chairman said that large-scale marketing and advertising campaigns aimed at promoting Azerbaijan's tourism potential in China will continue, noting that the opening of Azerbaijan's representative office in China is planned as a new stage in the development of tourism relations.

In turn, Sun Yeli noted the strengthening of economic and political ties between Azerbaijan and China in recent years, their positive impact on tourism, the importance of promoting Azerbaijan's tourism opportunities in the Chinese market to attract Chinese tourists to Azerbaijan.