Azerbaijan received 2.17 million foreign nationals in the first ten months of 2025, marking a modest 1.7 percent decline from the same period a year earlier, according to new data released by the State Statistics Committee.
Despite the slight slowdown, the country’s visitor base remained geographically diverse, attracting travelers from 183 countries. Russians formed the largest group, accounting for 24.4 percent of all arrivals, followed by citizens of Turkey (17.4%), Iran (8%), India (6.6%), Saudi Arabia (4.3%), Georgia (4.2%), Kazakhstan (4%), and Pakistan (3.4%).
The smallest number of visitors came from Belarus, the United Kingdom, and Kuwait, each making up roughly 1.1 percent of the total.
Men continued to dominate the inbound tourism flow, representing 66.4 percent of all foreign arrivals, compared with 33.6 percent for women.
Sharp growth from Israel, Japan and Central Asia
Several markets posted significant gains compared with last year.
Arrivals increased:
2.1 times from Israel,
1.8 times from Tajikistan,
1.6 times from Japan,
1.5 times from Jordan.
Travel from the European Union rose 7.9 percent, reaching 101,500 visitors.
CIS and Gulf arrivals fall
In contrast, the number of tourists arriving from the Gulf states fell 3.5 percent to 352,600, while visitors from CIS countries dropped 8.2 percent to 740,800.
Tourism from other regions of the world posted a 3.5 percent increase, totaling 976,700 visitors.
Air travel remains dominant
Most foreigners – 76.3 percent – entered Azerbaijan by air.
Another 22.4 percent arrived via land routes, including rail and road.
Only 1.3 percent traveled by sea.
The figures underscore both the resilience and shifting geography of Azerbaijan’s tourism sector in a year shaped by regional realignments, global travel recovery, and changing mobility patterns.
