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Many Russian tourists turn to Azerbaijan

25 May 2016 [18:00] - TODAY.AZ

/By Azernews/

By Rashid Shirinov

Skyscanner, a service of tickets and hotels search, has studied the Russian tourists’ favorite vacation destinations. The number of tickets sold to Azerbaijan has increased almost twice.

The service interviewed 260,000 Russian tourists and examined their tickets booking through the website. The research showed that 52 percent of Russian bookings have been made to Russian resorts, TASS reports.

As to foreign travels, Russians prefer spending their holidays in Spain and Italy. However, the countries start giving their positions to the recent trend of traveling to the neighboring countries among Russians.

Thus, sale of tickets to Georgia has almost doubled as compared to the last year. Those preferring Azerbaijan increased in number by 90 percent, Bulgaria by 31 percent and Kazakhstan by 20 percent.

Thus, Baku has ranked the fifth in the recent research of Travel.ru on the foreign cities most visited by Russians during their May holidays. The tourists remained here for approximately 3 days and paid about 50 dollars per day for accommodation.

Baku also entered the top-three list of cities in neighboring countries beloved by Russian tourists. They were Minsk, Baku and Tbilisi.

The main tourist-attracting factors of Azerbaijan are the country’s nature, ancient sites and magnificent architecture. The country has a developed tourism infrastructure, nine climatic zones, and five world heritage sites of UNESCO.

Lately, Azerbaijani authorities invested much in tourism sector. As a result, the country is reachable for tourists of all financial capabilities - Baku and Azerbaijan in general, provide all types of accommodations from cheaper hostels to luxurious hotels.

Moreover, Baku has adorable beaches due to its seashore location. Tourists also accent the country’s cuisine of myriad dishes and the hospitality of the nation.

Overall, Azerbaijan welcomed over 2 million tourists in 2015. That may be linked with several major high-level events held in Azerbaijan for the last years. The first European Games took place here in the summer of 2015. Formula 1 Grand Prix races will be held in Baku in June. The event will take place right in the streets of Baku, revealing its beauty for international spectators. Furthermore, Azerbaijan is going to accept the Islamic Solidarity Games next year, expecting elite athletes from over than 30 countries of Asia and Africa to join.

All this create favorable conditions for informing tourists about Azerbaijan and make it one of the most visited countries of the region.


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