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Azerbaijan travel news Azerbaijan participated in Tourist Films Festival in Latvia II International Festival of Tourist Films "Tourfilm - Riga 2009" was held in Riga, Latvia. The program of the festival included demonstration of 47 films from 18... Read more Historical Gala reserve opened in Azerbaijan Recently opened reserve is ready to accept tourists Recently opened unique historical and ethnographic open air reserve - Gala (translated as Fortress) that was constructed thanks to the support of Heydar Aliyev Fund is now a must-see in all... Read more Azerbaijan tourism news The VIII Azerbaijani International Travel Fair (AITF-2009) was held last week in Sport Complex named after Heydar Aliyev in Baku. The Minister of Tourism and Historical Monuments of Iraq Kakhtan Abbas Noman, the Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan... Read more Azerbaijan tourism potential will be demonstrated in Arabic countries Azerbaijan tourist potential will be demonstrated during 2 large-scale tourist events that will be held in Dubai and Bahrain. Representative of Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism will take part in Arabian Travel Market that will be held May... Read more A potential of ecotourism will be discussed in Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Ecotourism Potential Development international conference organized by Azerbaijan Institute of Tourism will be held in Baku on April 25, 2009. Among major topics to be discussed are tourist potential of Azerbaijan, development of... Read more First International Conference of Tourism Students will be held in Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan is organising an inaugural international conference of tourism students – ‘Tourism as inter-cultural dialogue factor’, that will be held in Baku 21-22 April, 2009Ministry is emphasizing in its press... Read more United Arab Emirates open embassy in Azerbaijan UAE Cabinet approved opening the embassy in Azerbaijan, reports local English language Khaleej Times newspaper. According to source the government authorised establishing a consulate on Los-Angeles, and embassies in several countries including... Read more Bahamas cancelled visas for citizens of Azerbaijan Bahamas cancelled visas for citizens of several countries including Azerbaijan, Russia, Moldova and Armenia. Now citizens of these countries arriving for a period of no more than 3 months no longer need visas. They have to have a passport valid for... Read more Ministry of Culture and tourism approved new tourist itineraries in GeyGol region Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan approved new tourist itineraries in Geygol region, according to head of culture & tourism department of Geygol region Shargiya Guseynova. Those arriving to Geygol will be offered 5 itineraries to... Read more Azerbaijan will be ready to accommodate skiers from all over the world next winter Four elevators will be ready by next winter at summer-winter resort in Qusar, Azerbaijan. «I visited Qusar last weekend, construction works to erect elevators for skiers is going under full speed», - said Minister of Tourism and Culture of... Read more Azerbaijan museums of carpets and Mugam will be the centers of tourist pilgrimage Museum of carpets and Museum of Mugam that are being constructed in Azerbaijan will become the centers of international tourism. ‘Tourist from all over the world are going to Australia just to see the building of Sidney opera house. The same interest... Read more Number of tourists visiting Azerbaijan reached 1,5 million Number of tourists visiting Azerbaijan in 2008 increased 39 percent and reached unprecedented 1,5 million people.«This number was very surprising for me», - said Minister of Tourism and Culture of Azerbaijan Abulfaz Garayev at the conference... Read more Victoria and Albert Museum to demonstrate exhibition on Azerbaijan Baku. Ulkar Gasimova–APA. Azerbaijan Cultural Days will be held in five countries of the world, Azerbaijani Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev said APA reports.To him, plan of measures is being made at present. Moreover, cultural days of... Read more “Ancient Baku” published within Cultural Year “Baku – Islamic Culture Capital 2009” presented Baku. Ulkar Gasimova–APA. A presentation ceremony of “Ancient Baku”, the book published within the Cultural Year “Baku – Islamic Culture Capital 2009”, took place on Thursday in the Akhundov National Library. The book written by Chingiz Ghajar is... Read more World economic crisis to reduce tourist inflow to Azerbaijan "The global economic crisis has damaged the tourism sector as well.Earlier the world tourism flow fixed 6-7% rise, yet in late last year the damage caused by the economic crisis has reduced this indicator to 2-3%.For this reason the world tourism... Read more Devaluation of Azerbaijani manat inevitable Devaluation of Azerbaijani manat is inevitable and the national currency is expected to drop is price against the dollar by 20% by the summer of this year, said co-chair of the public association of assistance to economic initiatives Rovshan Aghayev,... Read more Austrian embassy to open in Azerbaijan soon "Austria, which will be non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2009-2010, is ready to contribute to the resolution of the Karabakh conflict", said secretary general of the Austrian Foreign Ministry Johannes Kirle, according to AzTV... Read more No more cognac in Azerbaijan – just a brandy Authorities in Azerbaijan took decision to rename alcohol beverages previously marketed as cognac to brandy. Changes have been introduced to local law on ‘Winegrowing and Winemaking’. Changes have been initiated by Azeri producers of this strong... Read more Azerbaijan is an example of good attitude towards Jews for other Muslim states "We in America wish the expansion of cooperation between Israel and Azerbaijan as well as Azerbaijan and America. By the way, I have supported the initiative of the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in America Tomris Azeri and promised to assist in... Read more What is the reason of high tariffs on tourism services in Azerbaijan? Despite global financial crisis, prices on tourism services are not falling in Azerbaijan, while in other countries tariffs on different tourism services have reduced significantly in all countries of the world, including in neighbor states, said... Read more Association of Tourism Agencies created in Azerbaijan The Association of the tourism agencies of Azerbaijan was created at Park Inn hotel in Baku on December 15. Baghirov Nahid Rza oghlu, director of the Khazar Travel company was elected the president of the association, according to Day.Az. As... Read more Utair will from Moscow to Baku UTair airline starts flying between Moscow and Baku. Flights will be three times a week every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday by Boeing 737. Departure from Moscow at 10.50 and arrival time to Baku is 15.00. Return flight at 16.20 with arrival to... Read more Nobel's family to visit Azerbaijan A meeting with members of the Nobel's family society was held in Azerbaijani embassy in Sweden, said sources from the Azerbaijani embassy to Sweden It was noted there that in his welcoming speech ambassador Rafael Ibrahimov informed about the... Read more British Embassy to Azerbaijan toughens visa procedure Beginning from October 27 the visa department of the British Embassy to Azerbaijan will introduce new procedures for presentation of documents for obtaining visa for UK, reports Day.Az with reference to the press service for the embassy.It was noted... Read more A joint reserve will be created on Azerbaijani-Georgian border In the result of expansion of the territory of the Zagatala state natural reserve at the cost of the Balaken woods (23,292 hectares) and Zagatala forest (213 hectares), the overall area of the reserve has reached 47,349 hectares, reports the press... Read more Ancient underpass discovered near Icheri Sheher An ancient underpass, dated back to the 19th century, has recently been discovered while holding reconstruction at Vahid park", said Kamil Ibrahimov, doctor of historical sciences and head researcher of the Department of the Icheri Sheher... Read more AzAL to make in-flight Internet access available Azerbaijan Airlines (AzAL) is going to buy Green Liner-700 and Green Liner-708 passenger aircrafts. The airline said these airliners will fly for intercontinental hauls. Besides, AzAL intends to purchase Airbus airliners. Airbus aircrafts... Read more Azerbaijani carpets will be included in UNESCO’s non-material heritage list Azerbaijani carpets will be included in UNESCO’s non-material heritage list, said Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Sevda Mammadaliyeva, APA reports. She said works had already been started in this field and necessary documents would be... Read more One of Azerbaijan’s largest lakes drained One of the largest lakes in Azerbaijan – Hajigabul Lake evaporated fully and was erased from the map.Local environmentalist conducted last monitoring in the lake on July 29 and forecasted shrinking of 8.4 -square meter lake, APA Mil-Mugan bureau... Read more "Azerbaijani carpets will be included in UNESCO’s non-material heritage list" Azerbaijani carpets will be included in UNESCO’s non-material heritage list, said Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Sevda Mammadaliyeva, APA reports.She said works had already been started in this field and necessary documents would be prepared... Read more Outstanding Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi’s statue in Baku Statue of outstanding Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi was erected in Baku.A new park with special irrigation line and lights is set near the statue now.Site engineer Khayyam Huseynov told APA that the park covers more than two thousand square meters.... Read more Exhibition "Azerbaijan - Land of Fire" to open in Germany An exhibition "Azerbaijan - Land of Fire" will be arranged in the Berlin Ethnology Museum (from late August until November of this year) and Drezden Ethnology Museum (from November, 2008 until March 2009) in the framework of the year of Azerbaijan in... Read more Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani city of Agdam among most amazing ghost-towns The Azerbaijani city of Agdam, occupied by Armenians, has added to the list of the ghost towns.20 most amazing abandonments were included into the list, compiled by WebUrbanist.com.The first on the list was Kowloon, near Hong Kong. Now there is a... Read more New synagogue to be built in Baku A new synagogue will be built in the Azerbaijani capital.According to Blagovest-info, head of Azerbaijan's Mountain Jews Semen Ikhiilov said the community is looking for a site for the synagogue construction.He noted that President of Azerbaijan... Read more Ancient stone monument found in Lenkoran, Azerbaijan A stone monument with an image of an unusual animal, similar to a dragon on it, was found in Kosalar village of Lenkoran, Azerbaijan.The animal has a crown on its head with fire coming out of his mouth.According to archaeologist Javanshir Hasanzade... Read more Russia to open Caspian Sea voyage in spring 2009 The first ever voyage on the Caspian Sea will take off in late spring 2009. The cruise will start at Astrakhan. Tourists will be able to visit Dagestan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan in seven days, Interfax reports quoting the head of... Read more Red Bridge partially collapses on Georgian-Azerbaijani border A part of the Red Bridge on the Azerbaijani-Georgian border has collapsed, said deputy chief of the Qazakh executive powers Farman Naghdaliyev, Day.Az reports with reference to ANS-Press. He said 3 meters of the bridge collapsed in the territory of... Read more Turkey aims to generate 20 billion in tourism revenues Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay recently declared that the country aims to generate tourism revenues worth 20 billion Euro this year, two billion Euro more than last year, as well as aiming to exceed the 25 million tourist mark, Zaman reported. “The... Read more Number of Tourists in Azerbaijan’s Sheki Region Doubles Azerbaijan, Sheki / corr E. Huliyev / The number of tourists visiting Azerbaijan’s Sheki region doubled compared to 2006, according to Sheki-Zagatala Regional Department of the Azerbaijani Economic Development Ministry. Daily expenses of... Read more Lerik settlement becomes a city President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed a regulation on application of the law "On granting status of a city to Lerik settlement of the same name region", reports Day.Az with reference to AzerTac. In line with the document, the Cabinet of... Read more Azerbaijan to license private houses offering hotel services Private houses that offer hotel services will be subject to licensing in Azerbaijan in the offing, head of Baku Travels Bureau Chingiz Hasanov told APA-Economics. According to him, private houses that provide hotel services in regions are not... Read more New list of cultural and historical monuments of Azerbaijan worked out "Amendments have been introduced to the list of cultural and historical monuments of Azerbaijan and the objects, which have lost their importance, have been excluded from the list". The due statement was made by Azerbaijan's Minister of Culture and... Read more Euronews to feature Azerbaijan's tourism potential The government of Azerbaijan will allocate funds for featuring its tourism potential on Euronews, according to country’s Minister of Culture and Tourism. The Minister says the due agreement has already been reached.“Infomercials will be on air in... Read more Baku has joined the list of top 20 places to see before they die With climate change, development, pollution and neglect destroying some of the world's most important destinations, Conde Nast Traveler has drawn up a list of "20 Places to See Before THEY Die." The list, in the magazine's May issue, looks at the... Read more All-the-year-round resort estimated at $2,000,000,000 to be built in Azerbaijan "Yesterday we met with Austrians to discuss construction of an all-the-year-round resort in Gusary, Azerbaijan at the foothill of Shahdagh mountain".The due announcement was made by Abulfas Garayev, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Culture and Tourism at a... Read more Azerbaijan ranks 79th in World Tourism Competitiveness The World Economic Forum has released Travel&Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008. Day.Az reports that Azerbaijan took the 79th position with 3.72 points. Our country took the 62nd position with 4.49 points in the rating "State regulation and... Read more Ancient monastery starts modern-day feud in Caucasus Perched high on a cliff side in the remote borderlands of eastern Georgia, the ancient Davit Gareji monastery hardly seems the kind of place that could be at the center of a modern-day diplomatic dispute. Monks settled on this arid land in the early... Read more |
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- 02 May 2009 Azerbaijan travel news
- Azerbaijan participated in Tourist Films Festival in Latvia II International Festival of Tourist Films "Tourfilm - Riga 2009" was held in...
- 23 April 2009 Historical Gala reserve opened in Azerbaijan
- Recently opened reserve is ready to accept tourists Recently opened unique historical and ethnographic open air reserve - Gala (translated as Fortress)...
- 21 April 2009 Azerbaijan tourism news
- The VIII Azerbaijani International Travel Fair (AITF-2009) was held last week in Sport Complex named after Heydar Aliyev in Baku. The Minister of Tourism and...
- 14 April 2009 Azerbaijan tourism potential will be demonstrated in Arabic countries
- Azerbaijan tourist potential will be demonstrated during 2 large-scale tourist events that will be held in Dubai and Bahrain. Representative of Azerbaijan...
