BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 26. The number of overnight stays in hotels and hotel-type facilities across Azerbaijan from January through June 2025 increased by 6.4 percent compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 1.97 million stays.
Data obtained by Trend from the State Statistics Committee indicates that 62.6 percent of total overnight stays were recorded in Baku, 6.4 percent in Gusar, 4.9 percent in Naftalan, 4.4 percent in Gabala, 3.2 percent in Shabran, 3 percent in Guba, 2.6 percent in Lankaran, 1.4 percent in Shamakhi, 1.1 percent in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, 1.1 percent in Shusha, 1 percent in Masalli, 1 percent in Khachmaz, and 7.3 percent in hotels and hotel-type establishments in other cities and regions.
The number of overnight stays by foreign citizens and stateless persons rose by 10.3 percent year-on-year to 1.19 million, accounting for 60.5 percent of all stays.
Of the total overnight stays by foreigners, 19.3 percent were by visitors from India, 12.8 percent from the Russian Federation, 9.1 percent from Türkiye, 6.7 percent from Saudi Arabia, 5.3 percent from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 4.1 percent from Israel, 3.3 percent from the United States (US), 2.8 percent from China, 2.8 percent from Pakistan, 2.7 percent from Kazakhstan, 2.5 percent from Uzbekistan, 2.4 percent from Kuwait, 2 percent from the United Kingdom (UK), 1.1 percent from Germany, 0.9 percent from Italy, 0.7 percent from Georgia, 0.6 percent from Bahrain, 0.6 percent from Iran, and 20.3 percent from other countries.
Of the foreign overnight stays, 80.8 percent occurred in Baku, 7.2 percent in Gusar, 4.1 percent in Naftalan, 3.2 percent in Gabala, 2.1 percent in Guba, 0.5 percent in Shamakhi, and 2.1 percent in other cities and districts.
The number of overnight stays by Azerbaijani citizens increased by 0.9 percent compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 778,100, which accounted for 39.5 percent of the total.
