BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 6. Azerbaijan welcomed 34,719 tourists from Türkiye this July, marking an 11 percent increase compared to the same month in 2023 (31,269), Trend reports.
The Azerbaijani State Tourism Agency data shows that from January through July of this year, Azerbaijan welcomed 248,336 tourists from Türkiye, marking a 20 percent increase compared to the same period in 2023 (176,470 people).
A total of 1.5 million foreigners visited Azerbaijan in the reporting period of the current year, which is a 31 percent increase compared to the same period in 2023 (1.14 million).
In 2023, over two million foreign citizens visited Azerbaijan, marking a 30.2 percent increase over 2022 (1,602,600), including 378,204 visitors from Türkiye, which represents a 21.27 percent increase over 2022 (311,880).
Over 1.95 million tourists visited Azerbaijan from Türkiye from 2017 through 2023 (2017: 301,553, 2018: 291,259, 2019: 316,404, 2020: 160,513, 2021: 197,472, 2022: 311,880 tourists, and 2023: 378,204 tourists).