Azerbaijan welcomes over 735,000 visitors in first four months of 2025
Baku, May 19, AZERTAC
Between January and April of this year, 735,800 foreigners and stateless persons from 174 countries visited Azerbaijan — marking a 1.3% increase compared to the same period last year.
According to the State Statistical Committee, 70.2% of the visitors were men and 29.8% were women. Among them, 24.2% arrived from the Russian Federation, followed by 18% from Türkiye, 11% from India, 9% from Iran, 4.7% from Georgia, 3.6% from Kazakhstan, 2.9% from Pakistan, 2.5% from Saudi Arabia, and 2.2% from the United Arab Emirates. Additionally, 1.9% came from Israel, 1.8% each from Uzbekistan and China, 1.5% from Ukraine, 1.4% from Turkmenistan, 1.1% from Kuwait, 1% from Belarus, and 11.4% from other countries.
Compared to the same period last year, the number of visitors from Israel increased by 2.8 times; from Tajikistan, 2 times; from China, 1.7 times; from Jordan, 45.6%; from India, 32.9%; from Kyrgyzstan, 32.1%; from Spain, 28.8%; from Japan, 26.7%; from Pakistan, 22.5%; from the United States, 20.2%; from Kazakhstan, 17.7%; from the United Arab Emirates, 16.6%; from Canada, 15.5%; from the Netherlands, 10.7%; and from Italy and Egypt, 10%.
Compared to January–April 2024, the number of visitors from European Union member states increased by 1.8%, reaching 27,800 people. The number of arrivals from Gulf countries decreased by 3.4% to 117,800, while arrivals from CIS countries dropped by 9.2% to 243,000. Meanwhile, arrivals from other countries rose by 12.2%, totaling 347,200 people.
Regarding the mode of transport, 71.8% of the foreigners and stateless persons visiting Azerbaijan used air travel, 26.6% used rail or road, and 1.6% arrived by sea.
In the same period, the total number of Azerbaijani citizens traveling abroad decreased by 0.9%, amounting to 632,700 people. The number of Azerbaijani travelers to Iran increased by 25.9%, and to Georgia by 20.4%, while travel to Türkiye decreased by 6.3%, and to the Russian Federation by 26.4%.
Among Azerbaijani citizens who traveled abroad, 36.1% went to Türkiye, 16.1% to the Russian Federation, 11.1% to Georgia, 11% to Iran, and 25.7% to other countries. Of these travelers, 66.9% were men and 33.1% were women.
During the same period, 68% of Azerbaijani citizens traveled abroad by air, 29.9% by land or rail, and 2.1% by sea.
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