The list of the most popular cities of Azerbaijan among tourists were announced.

The list of the cities that tourists coming to Azerbaijan were announced. Baku has won the 1st place on the list because of its historical buildings and because of its being capital city. Gebele and Gusar is placed on the second and third place with their natural atmosphere.

A total of 1 million 288 thousand accommodations were realized in Azerbaijan's hotels in January-July 2018. This number shows a 19.3% increase compared to the same period last year.

62% of the accommodation is in Baku, 9,7% in Gebele, 5,1% in Gusar, 4,5% in Naftalan, 3.6% in Guba, 3,4% in Nakhichevan, 1,5% in Hacmaz, 1,1% in Agstafa and 9,1% in other regions.

The ranking of foreign tourists who stayed is as follows:

14.3% of BAE citizens

14.1% in the Russian Federation

6.6% Iran

Turkey 4.5%

4.3% Saudi Arabia

3.4% United Kingdom

3.3% from India and the US

3.2% Israel

2.9% Qatar

2.8% in Kuwait

2.1% Iraq

2% of Pakistan

1.7% of Kazakhstan

1.6% Germany

1.3% Ukraine

28.6% are citizens of other countries.

Source: trend.az