(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 4. The number of
foreigners and stateless persons from 149 countries who visited
Azerbaijan from January through March 2022 has notably increased,
Trend reports
citing the State Statistics Committee.
According to the committee, this indicator amounted to 246,200,
which is 2.1 times more on annual basis.
The committee said that 27.4 percent of the foreigners and
stateless persons came from Russia, 24.7 percent - from Turkey,
14.4 percent - from Iran, 5.8 percent - from Georgia, 3.4 percent -
from Ukraine, 3.1 percent - from UAE and Saudi Arabia, two percent
- from Pakistan, 1.6 percent – Kuwait, and 1.3 percent -
Kazakhstan.
Some 1.2 percent of the visitors accounted for the UK and India
each, 0.7 percent – for Germany, Oman, Belarus, and the US each,
0.6 percent – for Uzbekistan and Israel each, and 6.6 percent - for
other countries.
Besides, according to the committee, 44.2 percent of the
foreigners and stateless persons arrived in Azerbaijan by rail and
road, 54 percent by air, and 1.8 percent by sea.
The number of the visitors from Oman increased by 649 times,
Saudi Arabia – by 168.5 times, Kuwait – by 167.1 times, UAE – by
47.7 times, Bahrain – by 50.4 times, Israel – by 6.3 times,
Pakistan – by 29.5 times, India - by 11 times, the US – 5.6 times,
France - 3.5 times, and Kazakhstan - 3.6 times year on year.
At the same time, the number of visitors from Russia grew by 1.7
times, the UK – by 2.2 times, Ukraine - by three times, Iran and
Turkey - by 1.9 times, and Georgia - by 14.9 percent compared to
1Q2021.
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