Number of Azerbaijani citizens traveling abroad increases by more than 14%

By  Trend

The number of Azerbaijani citizens who traveled abroad from January to September of this year increased by 14.1 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 3,562,900 people, the State Statistics Committee said in a statement Oct. 17.

Of these, 30.7 percent traveled to Iran, 30.3 percent - to Georgia, 19.4 percent - to Russia, 13.2 percent - to Turkey, 1.6 percent - to Ukraine, 1 percent - to the UAE and 3,8 percent - to other countries.

Among those who traveled abroad, 66.4 percent were men, 33.6 percent - women.

During this period, the number of Azerbaijani citizens visiting Iran and Georgia increased by 53.2 and 2.7 percent, respectively, and the number of Azerbaijani citizens visiting Russia and Turkey decreased by 1.4 and 1.3 percent, respectively.

During this period, 80.3 percent of Azerbaijani citizens used rail and road transport, 18.9 percent – air transport, 0.8 percent – water transport.