Current state of tourism
According to the State Border Service data, in 2025 the Republic of Azerbaijan received 2570,2 thousand or 2,1 percent less foreigners and stateless persons from 189 countries of the world compared to the previous year. 23,9% of the arrivals were from the Russian Federation, 17,7% – Türkiye, 8,1% – Iran, 6,5% – India, 4,3% – Georgia, 4,1% – Saudi Arabia, 4,0% – Kazakhstan, 3,5% – Pakistan, 2,7% - Israel, 2,5% – China, 2,4% - Uzbekistan, 1,7% - United Arab Emirates, 1,4% – Ukraine, 1,3% - Turkmenistan, 1,0% - each from Belarus, Great Britain and Kuwait, 12,9% – were citizens of other countries. 67,0% of the arrivals were men and 33,0% were women.
In comparison with 2024, the number of arrivals from Israel increased by 2,4-fold, Tajikistan – 1,6-fold, Jordan – 49,9%, China – 41,7%, Uzbekistan – 34,3%, Kyrgyzstan – 33,7%, the Netherlands – 27,5%, Japan – 25,8%, Kazakhstan – 20,1%, Italy – 13,7%, Pakistan – 12,5%, Germany – 11,1%.
Compared to 2024, the number of arrivals from EU member countries increased by 7,0 percent and amounted to 120,1 thousand persons, from Gulf countries decreased by 2,4 percent and amounted to 414,8 thousand persons, from the CIS countries decreased by 8,2% and amounted to 865,7 thousand persons, and arrivals from other countries increased by 2,0%, reaching to 1169,6 thousand persons.
75,8 percent of foreigners and stateless persons arriving in our country used air transport, 22,9 percent - railway and car, and 1,3 percent - sea transport.
The total number of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan going abroad decreased by 2,3% compared to 2024 and amounted to 2109,9 thousand persons. The number of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan traveling to Georgia increased by 20,4%, Iran – 9,2%, while the number of citizens traveling to Russian Federation decreased by 31,5%, Türkiye – 1,6%. 41,2% of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan traveled to Türkiye, 14,5% – Russian Federation, 10,7% – Georgia, 9,7% - Iran, 23,9% to other countries. 63,5% of the travelers were men and 36,5% were women.
In 2025, 69,6% of the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan who visited foreign countries used air transport, 28,5% railway and car, and 1,9% - sea transport.
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