Turkmenistan Lists Major Profile Of Tourists To Azerbaijan

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 2. The population ofTurkmenistan chooses Azerbaijan as one of the main destinations forfamily tourism, General Director of Turkmenistan's BakhtiyarDostlar Travel Agency Ruslan Sadykov said, Trend reports.

He made the remark during the panel discussion on the"Organization and status of serial study tours along routedirections from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan,Turkey to Azerbaijan with the support of Associations travelagencies" within the framework of the I Forum of Tour Operators ofthe Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) held in Baku.

“Turkmenistan chooses Azerbaijan as one of the main destinationsfor family tourism. Tourists often travel in their cars, cross theterritory of Azerbaijan by ferry, and after visiting it, continuetheir journey further. Transit travelers can also bedistinguished,” he stressed.

The Economic Cooperation Organization is an intergovernmentalregional organization established in 1985 by Iran, Pakistan, andTürkiye to promote economic, technical, and cultural cooperationamong member states.

Meanwhile, in 1992, the organization expanded further with theentry of seven new members: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

To note, a total of 36,154 tourists from Central Asian countriesvisited Azerbaijan from January through March this year, which is84 percent higher than the figure for the same period in 2023(19,659 people).

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