The number of Azerbaijani citizens traveling to foreign countries grew by almost 20%, and most of them prefer to travel to Iran, according to the State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan.
"The number of Azerbaijani citizens traveling to foreign countries grew by 19.3% to 357,100 people. 35% of Azerbaijanis traveled to Iran, 28% to Georgia, 20.9% to Russia, 10.2% to Turkey, 1.2% to Ukraine, 1.1% to UAE, 3.6% to other countries," abc.az cited the statement as saying.
It was added that the number of Azerbaijanis visiting Iran has risen by 75.2%, Russia by 6.5%, Georgia by 2.5%, Turkey declined by 2.6%.
