BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 8. A total of 226,359 foreigners visited Azerbaijan in October 2024, which is 21 percent higher than the figure for the same period of 2023 (187,843), Trend reports.
According to the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan, the top ten countries in terms of the number of foreigners visiting Azerbaijan from January through October 2024 included citizens of Russia (630,320 people), Türkiye (357,610 people), India (201,380 people), Iran (176,940 people), Georgia (90,890 people), Saudi Arabia (89,140 people), Kazakhstan (73,560 people), Pakistan (66,340 people), China (38,280 people), and Uzbekistan (37,530 people).
The number of foreigners visiting Azerbaijan from January through October this year amounted to 2,209,750, which is 28 percent higher than the figure for the same period of 2023 (1,724,218).
However, 2,086,548 foreigners visited Azerbaijan in 2023, which is more than 30.2 percent higher than the figure for 2022 (1,602,600).
To note, 119,094 tourists visited Azerbaijan in January 2023, 113,473 in February, 136,505 in March, 154,233 in April, 190,081 in May, 205,910 in June, 224,826 in July, 200,138 in August, 192,115 in September, 187,843 in October, 169,461 in November, and 192,869 in December.
