Azerbaijan continues to take measures to make tourism flourish. As is known, in order to promote tourism, Azerbaijan sponsored the Atlético Madildo jersey with the expression “Azerbaijan: Land of Fire”. In 2018, a new tourism brand and the slogan “Take Another Look” were introduced.
Baku has introduced electronic visas to make it easier to obtain visas. In addition to this, Azerbaijan has launched her 2002-2005 and 2010-2014 tourism development plans.
At the end of 2023, the Azerbaijani Mir Majlis (parliament) adopted a new law exempting tourist complexes located in the region (excluding the Absheron Peninsula) from property taxes. Many experts in the tourism sector welcomed the Milli Majlis' decision, noting that it will enable the sector in the region to develop further.
Recently, in an interview with local media, Ambassador of Poland and Azerbaijan to the Russian Federation Vrbroglu pointed out that the Azerbaijan National Tourism Organization is planning to resume its activities in Russia and open a tourism office in Moscow. . It is worth noting that Russia is considered a large market for tourist countries. Regions and countries are competing for Russian tourists. For example, Russian tourists rank first in Turkye and Georgia. Unlike these two countries, Azerbaijan has taken steps to attract tourists from Arab countries. Frankly speaking, Russian citizens are in the first place among foreigners visiting Azerbaijan. However, most of them are Azerbaijani-born Russian citizens who own homes in Azerbaijan and are not visiting as tourists.
talk to Azel News Regarding this issue, tourism expert Rahman Kuliyev said that today there is a need to open tourism offices abroad, especially suitable for the market. Therefore, the opening of a tourism office in the Russian Federation by the Azerbaijan State Tourism Agency is important. He drew attention to the importance of the Russian market for Azerbaijan and the fact that the two countries are close to each other. Also, there aren't that many language barriers. Moreover, this market has become even more important for Azerbaijan in light of sanctions imposed on Russia by Western countries.
“I think that in the near future new hotels will open in Azerbaijan, large hotel complexes will be built in the Garabagh region, as well as local tourists in Garabagh and Kalbajarda Lachin and a thermal sanatorium in Kalbajarda Lachin. “I think foreign tourists will definitely normalize the flow of tourists to Azerbaijan and the number of tourists will reach its peak,” said Rehman Kuliyev.
The expert emphasized that if we treat tourists coming to Azerbaijan from Russia and all over the world individually and provide them with personalized services, it will definitely be to our advantage. He recalled that 34 staff members attend to every tourist visiting the country, and said that a thriving tourism industry would reduce unemployment in the country and create conditions for increasing labor market activity. emphasized. He also pointed out that an increase in the number of tourists visiting the country will also allow for an increase in foreign exchange flowing into the country.
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