Development of tourism
According to the State Border Service data, in January-May 2018, Azerbaijan received from 184 countries of the world 1055.6 thousand or 10.1% more foreigners and stateless persons compared to the same period of last year. 29.3% of the arrivals were from the Russian Federation, 22.0% - Georgia, 12.1% - Iran, 11.3% - Turkey, 4.0% - the United Arab Emirates, 2.0% - Ukraine, 1.8% - Iraq, 17.4% were citizens of other countries and 0.1 percent were stateless people. 67.8% of the arrivals were men and 32.2% were women. 17.6% of foreigners and stateless persons came to our country in January, 15.8% in February, 26.2% in March, 20.7% in April and 19.7% in May.
There has been a significant increase in the number of visitors from the Gulf countries (except Iran) in January-May 2018. Compared to January-May of last year, the number of Kuwait citizens arriving in Azerbaijan has increased for 6.0 times, Bahrain – 2.4 times, Qatar and Saudi Arabia – per 1.9 times, Iraq – 1.5 times, the number of citizens of Oman – 32.4% and the number of citizens of the United Arab Emirates – 6.8%. The number of arrivals from Iran decreased by 11.3%.
In January-May 2018, the number of arrivals from EU members increased by 12.6% and amounted to 42.6 thousand, and from the CIS countries increased by 7.4% and amounted to 367.4 thousand.
59.9% of foreigners and stateless persons who came to our country used railway and automobile, 39.2% - air and 0.9% - water transport.
The number of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan going abroad in January-May 2018 increased by 3.3% compared to same period of last year and amounted 1645.6 thousand persons. 30.7% of the country citizens traveled to Georgia, 28.5% - Iran, 21.7% - Russian Federation, 12.3% - Turkey, 1.7% - Ukraine, 1.3% - United Arab Emirates, 3.8% to other countries. 69.6% of the travelers were men and 30.4% were women.
During this period, the number of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan traveling to Iran increased by 15.4%, 11.7% – Turkey, 2.6% - Georgia and the number of people going to the Russian Federation decreased by 1.7%.
In January-May 2018, 80.3% of the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan visited foreign countries using railway and automobile, 18.8% - air and 0.9% - water transport.
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