Number of tourists visiting Azerbaijan increased 24.9 per cent in 2017

Baku, April 7, AZERTAC "The number of tourists visiting Azerbaijan in the first three months of 2017 grew 24.9 per cent compared with the same period of last year,” said Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev. According to the minister, the country received 544,000 foreign tourists in the first quarter of 2017. “More than 60,000 Iranian tourists came to the country during Novruz holiday,” the minister added.