Most tourists come to Azerbaijan from Russia

Russians are in the first place among those who arrived in Azerbaijan in January-October 2018 (752,000 tourists), according to the Azerbaijani State Tourism Agency.

The number of Russian tourists increased by 3.3% compared to the same period of 2017 and made up 31% of all foreign citizens who visited Azerbaijan.

In January-October 2018, in total, the number of tourists arriving in Azerbaijan increased by 6.1% and reached 2.416 million people (previously 2.277 million).

In January-October 2018, the number of Asian and Middle Eastern tourists who visited Azerbaijan significantly increased.

During the reported period, 330,000 tourists arrived from the countries of the Middle East, which shows an increase of 42% compared to the same period of 2017. Most tourists from this region came from Saudi Arabia, Israel and Kuwait.