Azerbaijan recorded a total of 796,000 tourists in 2020, ranking 110th in the world in absolute terms.
That smaller countries regularly perform lower in a comparison of the absolute number of guests, is obvious. By putting the tourist numbers in relation to the population of Azerbaijan, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.079 tourists per resident, Azerbaijan ranked 129th in the world. In Western Asia, it ranked 15th.
In 2020, Azerbaijan generated around 340.00 million US dollars in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 0.62 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 0 percent of all international tourism receipts in Western Asia.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2020 spent about 406 US dollars. Conversely, the inhabitants of Azerbaijan spend only around 358 dollars a year when they themselves spend vacations abroad.
Development of the tourism sector in Azerbaijan from 1995 to 2020
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Azerbaijan each year. Anyone who spends at least one night in the country but does not live there for more than 12 months is considered a tourist. Insofar as the survey included the purpose of the trip, business trips and other non-tourism travel purposes have already been excluded. The number of people passing through within the same day, and e.g., crew members of ships or flights are also not considered tourists in most countries. If the same person travels in and out more than once within the same year, each visit counts again.
Data in the chart are given in millions of tourists. The red line represents the average of all 18 countries in Western Asia.
Revenues from tourism
In 1995, tourism revenues amounted to 87.00 million USD, or about 3.6 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 93,000 tourists at that time and roughly 935 USD per person. Within 25 years, the country's dependence on tourism has increased slightly. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $2.00 billion billion, 4.2 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $632 on their vacation in Azerbaijan.
In 2020, tourist receipts plummeted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the $2.00 billion billion (2019), only $340.00 million billion remained. This is a 83 percent decrease in Azerbaijan.
All data for Azerbaijan in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2020
796,000
340.00 m $
0.80 %
427 $
2019
3.17 m
2.00 bn $
4.2 %
632 $
2018
2.85 m
2.83 bn $
6.0 %
993 $
2017
2.70 m
3.21 bn $
7.9 %
1,192 $
2016
2.25 m
2.86 bn $
7.5 %
1,269 $
2015
2.01 m
2.54 bn $
4.8 %
1,264 $
2014
2.30 m
2.71 bn $
3.6 %
1,181 $
2013
2.51 m
2.62 bn $
3.5 %
1,043 $
2012
2.48 m
2.63 bn $
3.8 %
1,060 $
2011
2.24 m
1.50 bn $
2.3 %
670 $
2010
1.96 m
792.00 m $
1.5 %
403 $
2009
1.83 m
545.00 m $
1.2 %
298 $
2008
1.90 m
382.00 m $
0.78 %
201 $
2007
1.33 m
317.00 m $
0.96 %
238 $
2006
1.19 m
201.00 m $
0.96 %
168 $
2005
1.18 m
100.00 m $
0.76 %
85 $
2004
1.28 m
79.00 m $
0.91 %
62 $
2003
1.04 m
70.00 m $
0.96 %
67 $
2002
834,000
63.00 m $
1.0 %
76 $
2001
767,000
57.00 m $
1.00 %
74 $
2000
681,000
68.00 m $
1.3 %
100 $
1999
602,000
93.00 m $
2.0 %
154 $
1998
483,000
143.00 m $
3.2 %
296 $
1997
306,000
176.00 m $
4.4 %
575 $
1996
210,000
57.00 m $
1.8 %
271 $
1995
93,000
87.00 m $
3.6 %
935 $
Our data on tourist numbers, revenues and expenditures are based on information from the World Tourism Organization. However, to ensure international comparability, the data for some years or countries were manually researched and corrected if they obviously included visitors without overnight stays. In these cases, the data were taken from the official communications of the respective national tourism authorities.
The World Tourism Organization additionally points out that in some countries, the number of tourists is only counted at airports, while in others they are also counted at border crossings or even hotels. A comprehensive and reliable indication is therefore hardly possible in any country.
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