BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 17. A total of 17,787 tourists traveled from the Islamic Republic of Iran to Azerbaijan in May 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the State Tourism Agency indicates that
this figure shows a drop of 1,631 people, or 8.4 percent, when
stacked up against the same month in 2024.
Furthermore, a total of 84,215 tourists made their way from Iran
between January and May 2025—a decrease of 5,363 visitors, or 6
percent, compared to the same stretch in 2024.
On the flip side, the overall influx of tourists to Azerbaijan kept
on rising. In May, the country rolled out the red carpet for
244,079 foreign nationals and stateless persons, seeing a
year-over-year uptick of 4,808 visitors, or a neat 2 percent
increase. From January to April 2025, the figure hit 979,963—a jump
of 1.5 percent, or 14,408 folks, compared to the year before.
