BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 20. The number of Azerbaijani citizens visiting foreign countries increased by 19.5 percent and amounted to 633,600 people from January through May 2023 compared to the same period last year, Trend reports.
According to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan, a total of 39 percent of the specified number of Azerbaijani citizens visited Türkiye, 24.3 percent - Russia, 7.9 percent - Iran, 9.4 percent - Georgia, 19.4 percent - other countries during the reporting period.
The number of Azerbaijani citizens who visited Iran decreased by 29.1 percent, Türkiye - by 0.4 percent, and those who visited Georgia and Russia - increased by 36.5 percent and 1.9 times, respectively, during the reporting period.
Meanwhile, the number of Azerbaijani citizens visiting foreign countries increased by 1.5 times and amounted to 1.4 million people in 2022 compared to 2021.
