BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 12. A total of 68,803 tourists from Russia visited Azerbaijan in May 2024, which is 6 percent higher than in the same period of 2023, Trend reports.
According to the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan, 64,750 tourists from Russia visited Azerbaijan in the same period last year.
Meanwhile, 277,692 tourists from Russia visited Azerbaijan from January through May this year, which is 20 percent higher than the figure for the same period in 2023 (231,026 people).
Furthermore, 965,555 foreigners visited Azerbaijan from January through May this year, which is 35 percent more than in the same period of 2023 (713,386).
A total of 2,086,548 foreign nationals visited Azerbaijan in 2023, which is more than 30.2 percent higher than in 2022 (1,602,600), including 625,106 from Russia, which is 39.9 percent higher than in 2022 (446,831).
To note, a total of 4,218,781 Russian citizens visited Azerbaijan in 2017-2023 (2017 - 853,082, 2018 - 878,391, 2019 - 932,198, 2020 - 225,214, 2021 - 257,959, 2022 - 446,831 and 2023 - 625,106).
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