Tourist flow to Azerbaijan declines 6% in 9M 2026, Russians' share at 27%

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Tourist flow to Azerbaijan declines 6% in 9M 2026, Russians' share at 27%

BAKU. Oct 26 (Interfax) - The number of tourists who travelled to Azerbaijan in January-September 2026 amounted to 1.83 million people, down 6% year-on-year, the State Statistics Committee said.

The largest number of the tourists who visited Azerbaijan came from Russia, at 27.1%. Tourists from Turkey accounted for 19.4%, tourists from Iran accounted for 7.7%, tourists from Georgia accounted 4.9%, tourists from Kazakhstan accounted for 4.5%, tourists from Israel accounted for 3.7%, tourists from Pakistan accounted for 3.5%, tourists from Uzbekistan accounted for 3.1%, tourists from China accounted for 2.8%, tourists from India accounted for 2.6%, tourists from Saudi Arabia accounted for 2.4%, tourists from Ukraine accounted for 1.6%, tourists from Turkmenistan accounted for 1.3%, tourists from Germany and the UK accounted for 1.1% each, and tourists from Belarus accounted for 1%. Another 12.2% were tourists from other countries.

In total, Azerbaijan was visited by citizens of 191 countries over the reporting period.

According to the statistics, the number of arrivals from EU member states increased 6.1% to 94,200 people, arrivals from countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) rose 4.3% to 699,000 people, arrivals from Persian Gulf countries declined 32% to 218,300 people, and arrivals from other countries decreased 5.5% to 820,300 people.

Over the reporting period, 73.5% of tourists arrived in Azerbaijan by air, 25.2% by rail and road, and 1.3% by sea.

The number of Azerbaijani citizens travelling abroad in January-September amounted to 1.58 million people, down 1.8% compared with the figure for the same period last year. Most of the outbound flow (44%) was accounted for by trips to Turkey (+2.3%), 14.6% to Russia (-2%), 13% to Georgia (+17.6%), 5.1% to Iran (-44.5%), and 23.3% to other countries (-2%).

Air transport was used by 70.4% of Azerbaijani citizens who visited foreign countries, 27.6% travelled by rail and road, and 2% by sea.