Azerbaijan, China to expand co-op in tourism sector (UPDATE)

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Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 13

By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:

Azerbaijan and China will soon sign a memorandum on cooperation in the tourism sector, Azerbaijani Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said at a press conference on the Azerbaijani-Chinese economic relations on Feb. 13.

“Tourism is an extremely attractive area of cooperation,” Mustafayev said. “Every year, 120 million tourists from China visit other countries. As is known, group tours are very popular among the Chinese. After signing the memorandum, it will be possible to organize similar group tours of Chinese tourists to Azerbaijan.”