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Number of people visiting Azerbaijan from Israel increased by fourfold

18 March 2025 13:46 (UTC +04:00)

In January-February 2025, 338.6 thousand or 0.7% less foreign citizens and non-citizen persons arrived in the Republic of Azerbaijan from 162 countries, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, APA-Economics reports citing the monthly report of the State Statistical Committee.

It was noted that 23.4% of the arrivals were from the Russian Federation, 18.6% from Türkiye, 9.9% from India, 9.3% from Iran, 5.0% from Georgia, 3.3% from Kazakhstan, 3.2% from Pakistan, 2.9% each from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, 1.8% from Kuwait, 1.7% from Uzbekistan, 1.6% from China, 1.4% each from Turkmenistan and Ukraine, 1.2% from Israel, 1.1% from Oman, and 11.3% from other countries. Among the arrivals, 72.2% were men, and 27.8% were women.

Compared to the same period last year, the number of arrivals from Israel increased by 3.9 times, from Tajikistan by 1.9 times, from China by 1.8 times, from Spain by 1.7 times, from Jordan by 44.6%, from India by 44.0%, from Kyrgyzstan by 25.7%, from Kazakhstan by 21.0%, from Pakistan by 19.6%, from Egypt by 18.9%, from the United States by 17.4%, and from the Netherlands by 16.5%.

Compared to January-February 2024, the number of arrivals from European Union member states decreased by 1.6%, totaling 11,000 people, arrivals from Gulf countries decreased by 9.9%, totaling 62.1 thousand people, and arrivals from CIS countries decreased by 9.2%, totaling 107.4 thousand people. However, the number of arrivals from other countries increased by 10.8%, reaching 158.1 thousand people.

Among the foreign citizens and non-citizen persons arriving in country, 71.2% used air transport, 27.2% used railway and road transport, and 1.6% used sea transport.