Hotels prosper in Azerbaijan

Official new statistics on the tourism industry in Azerbaijan look promising:

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• Hotels in Azerbaijan received nearly one and a half times more guests than last year (42.9% more).
• Tourists spent an average of two nights in the country, twice as long as last year.
• More tourists went to the Gabala region where a new tourist complex was recently opened. Hotel occupancy there was 88%.
• Tourism income for the first half of the year was nearly 40% higher than for the same period last year.
• Ten thousand people are currently working in the tourism industry, 11.8% more than last year.

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“The statistics showed interesting indicators by region. As it turns out, Gabala and Shahdag have actually turned into successful tourist attractions,” said expert-economist, Togrul Mashalli.

Data sourced from this article by Torgul Mashalli.