Sand, water, sunshine and good company are sometimes all you really need.

Street Food Festival is back with its mouth-watering new dishes.

A private airline from Pakistan has expressed an interest in starting direct flights to Baku, and currently negotiates with Azerbaijani side on terms and conditions of such cooperation, Ambassador of Pakistan to Azerbaijan Saeed Khan Mohmand told Trend.

Russian tourism operators have shown a sharp increase in demand of visits to Azerbaijan. Analytical agency TurStat has demonstrated a rating of countries of outbound tourism from Russia in the first quarter of 2018. The rating is based on the analysis of statistics from January 1 to March 31.

During the first five months of 2018, Heydar Aliyev International Airport served 1.56 million passengers. This indicator exceeds the same indicator of the previous year by 11 percent.

TurStat Agency analyzed the statistics of incoming tourism to Russia for January-March 2018.

Opening of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) direct flights on the Moscow (Russia)-Lankaran (Azerbaijan)-Moscow route took place in Moscow at the Vnukovo International Airport on June 8.

The summer season is in full swing and Baku Summer Food Fest is upon us.

The Land of Fire evokes thoughts of lush, emerald rainforests, lofty, mist-capped mountains, and a bounty of some of the earth’s rarest and most fascinating wildlife.

Foreigners, visiting Azerbaijan, are already able to get a visa through ASAN Visa self-service terminals at the international airports of Ganja and Gabala, Azerbaijan’s State Migration Service and the State Agency for Public Service and Social Innovations under the President of Azerbaijan said in a message.

Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) opens direct flights from Baku to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan starting from June 30, 2018.

The Federal Agency for Air Transport (Rosaviatsiya) of Russia issued a permit to IrAero Airlines for flights to Azerbaijan.

Cargolux Airlines International S.A. transports from 15 to 200 tons of cargo per week through Azerbaijan, Moa Sigurdardottir, head of Corporate Communications at the company, told Trend.

Most of the cruises in the Caspian Sea of the Russian state-of-the-art passenger ship “Peter the Great,” which is being built in Astrakhan, are planned to start and finish in Baku, Svetlana Goncharova, Deputy Director General for Tourism of the Mosturflot cruise company, told the Association of Tour Operators of Russia on May 31.

Political consultations were held between the foreign ministries of Azerbaijan and Belgium, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a message May 30.

The visa regime between Azerbaijan and Serbia will be abolished from June 2, 2018, the Serbian Foreign Ministry informed on May 30.

Air tickets for flights to AZAL’s two new destinations - Saudi Arabia’s cities of Buraydah (Al Qassim International Airport - ELQ) and Jeddah (King Abdulaziz International Airport - JED) are now available on the website of Azerbaijan’s national air carrier www.azal.az , press service of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC said May 31.

An aircraft of Qatar Airways made an emergency landing at Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport May 29 due to an engine failure.

On the Ramadan holiday passengers of all flights of AZAL and Buta Airways, which will be carried out on June 15 and 16, 2018, will get one piece of additional free checked baggage allowance, press service of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC told Trend May 25.

During January-April of this year, 847,600 foreigners and stateless persons arrived in Azerbaijan from 182 countries, which is 13.4 percent more compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

The Romanian airline TAROM plans to open direct flights on Bucharest - Baku the route, Routes Online (portal devoted to aviation route development) reported May 24.

Azerbaijani low-cost airline Buta Airways will reach break-even point by the end of 2018, the Rusaviainsider portal reports with reference to the representative of the airline.

The Air Services Agreement between the Government of Azerbaijan and the Government of Serbia signed in Baku, will create opportunities for opening of regular flights between the two countries, the State Civil Aviation Agency under the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan said in a message.

Cherry plum is an exciting fruit that is sure to please anyone who tries it .

Azerbaijan intends to redirect the flow of tourists from the western direction to the regions of Russia, including the Altai region.