In 2018, almost 2 million 850 thousand foreigners and stateless persons from 196 countries of the world arrived in Azerbaijan, announced today the State Statistics Committee, referring to the State Border Service of Azerbaijan.
This is by 5.7% more foreigners and stateless persons than in 2017; 30.9 percent foreigners arrived from the Russian Federation, 21.4 percent. - Georgia, 10.2 percent. - Turkey, 8.5 percent. - Iran.
The remaining 9 percent arrived from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Ukraine, Israel, and other counties.
The highest increase in the number of tourists from the Gulf countries.
The number of visitors from India, Egypt, Turkmenistan, South Korea increased from 1.5 to 2.7 times.
In 2018, 4 million 908 thousand people traveled from Azerbaijan to foreign countries, which is by19.5 percent more than it was in 2017.
33, 6 percent of Azerbaijani residents went to Iran, 29.2 percent. - Georgia, 18.9 percent. - RF, 12.3 percent. - Turkey.
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