Budapest, November 24, AZERTAC

Azerbaijan Tourism Days was held in Hungary on November 21-22 coorganized by Hungary-Azerbaijan Youth Union (HAYU), Youth Foundation under the Azerbaijani President (YFAP) and the Azerbaijani Embassy in Hungary.

Representatives of Hungarian Parliament, Central European Non-Governmental Organizations and active youth attended the event.

Opening the first day of ceremony held in Hungarian Parliament, chairman of HAYU Ibrahim Safarli informed the guests about the Union’s activity, projects, goal and purpose of Azerbaijan Tourism Days.

Then, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Hungary Vilayat Guliyev stressed the importance of deepening relations between the youth of two countries. He said Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's recent working visit to Hungary, the business forum of business leaders, treaties and agreements signed during the visit, are a good example of close cooperation between the two countries.

Member of the National Assembly of Hungary, Chairman of the Hungarian-Azerbaijani Friendship Group of the Inter-parliamentary Union Marton Gyongyosi expressed satisfaction with the rapid development of relations between the two countries in recent years and noted the contribution of such projects to the development of cooperation between two countries.

Representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan, Baku 2015 European Games Operation Committee (BEGOC), as well as Hungarian Tourism LTD, Balance Law and Tax Firm and Rixos Hotels companies made different Informative and interactive presentations. The participants were informed about visa, immigration law, also hotels and tourist areas of the country.

The second day of the event was held at the Azerbaijan Embassy in Hungary. The participants got acquainted with the work principles of the building of the embassy and consular department. 

There was a presentation on e-visa system on the visit to Azerbaijan, its essence and its working mechanism. 

It should be noted that, HAYU was established with initiative of the Hungarian and Azerbaijani young activists living in Hungary, in December 2012.