Inflow of tourists to Azerbaijan rising despite global crunch
The inflow of tourists to Azerbaijan is on the rise, despite a
decline worldwide caused by a dire economic crisis. The number of
tourists has increased 2 percent in 2009, Minister of Culture and
Tourism Abulfas Garayev told journalists.
According to him, 2008 was the most challenging period for the
world tourism industry, but the inflow of tourists to Azerbaijan
rose 40 percent that year. "Thus, taking into account the otucomes
of the past two years, we can conclude that the growth rate in this
field is 25-30 percent in the country. In the past eleven years,
the figure has increased by up to 20-fold."
Garayev said the state program on the development of tourism in
Azerbaijan for the period 2010-2016 has been submitted to the
Presidential Administration. "Once the program has been approved,
another incentive will be given to the development of this sector,"
he added.*
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