Tourism Makes Significant Contribution To Long-Term Resilience - Chairman

2024-04-22 03:08:31

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 22. Tourism makes asignificant contribution to long-term resilience, Chairman of theAzerbaijani State Tourism Agency Fuad Naghiyev said during the 1stmeeting of higher education institutions specializing in tourismeducation within the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization(BSEC), Trend reports.

“Tourism is one of the priority areas of the country's non-oilsector. Our main goal is to popularize Azerbaijan as a touristdestination and achieve tourism development,” he emphasized.

Meanwhile, the first meeting of BSEC higher educationinstitutions specializing in tourism education is being held inBaku.

The meeting is attended by official representatives of statesand tourism educational institutions from 11 member countries ofthe organization, including Azerbaijan, Türkiye, Russia, Albania,Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine,as well as representatives of the UN World TourismOrganization.

The State Tourism Agency's data shows that in the first quarterof this year, 513,413 foreigners visited Azerbaijan, which is 39percent higher than the same period in 2023 (369,072).

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