Current state of tourism
According to the State Border Service data, in January-April 2025 the Republic of Azerbaijan received 735,8 thousand or 1,3 percent more foreigners and stateless persons from 174 countries of the world compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. 24,2% of the arrivals were from the Russian Federation, 18,0% – Türkiye, 11,0% – India, 9,0% – Iran, 4,7% – Georgia, 3,6% – Kazakhstan, 2,9% – Pakistan, 2,5% - Saudi Arabia, 2,2% - United Arab Emirates, 1,9% - Israel, per 1,8% - Uzbekistan and China, 1,5% - Ukraine, 1,4% – Turkmenistan, 1,1% - Kuwait, 1,0% - Belarus, 11,4% – were citizens of other countries. 70,2% of the arrivals were men and 29,8% were women.
In comparison with the same period of the previous year, the number of arrivals from Israel increased by 2,8-fold, Tajikistan – 2,0-fold, China – 1,7-fold, Jordan – 45,6%, India – 32,9%, Kyrgyzstan – 32,1%, Spain – 28,8%, Japan – 26,7%, Pakistan – 22,5%, USA – 20,2%, Kazakhstan – 17,7%, United Arab Emirates – 16,6%, Canada – 15,5%, the Netherlands – 10,7%, Italy and Egypt – 10,0%.
Compared to January-April 2024, the number of arrivals from EU member countries increased by 1,8 percent and amounted to 27,8 thousand persons, from Gulf countries decreased by 3,4% percent and amounted to 117,8 thousand persons, from the CIS countries - by 9,2% and amounted to 243,0 thousand persons, and arrivals from other countries increased by 12,2%, reaching to 347,2 thousand persons.
71,8% of foreigners and stateless persons arriving in our country used air transport, 26,6% - railway and car, and 1,6% - sea transport.
The total number of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan going abroad decreased by 0,9% compared to January-April 2024 and amounted to 632,7 thousand persons. The number of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan traveling to Iran increased by 25,9%, Georgia - 20,4%, while the number of citizens traveling to Türkiye decreased by 6,3%, Russian Federation - 26,4%. 36,1% of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan traveled to Türkiye, 16,1% – Russian Federation, 11,1% – Georgia, 11,0% - Iran, 25,7% to other countries. 66,9% of the travelers were men and 33,1% were women.
In January-April 2025, 68,0% of the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan who visited foreign countries used air transport, 29,9% railway and car, and 2,1% - sea transport.
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