List of cities and districts with highest number of overnight stays in hotels for 2020

16:47 - 27.01.2021


January 27, Fineko/abc.az. The Covid-19 pandemic has not spared the tourism sector of Azerbaijan: a serious decline has continued in this area since March 2020.

In connection with the introduction of a restrictive regime on the state border between neighboring states in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection, a lag in the performance of hotel-type facilities was recorded, ABC.AZ reports with reference to the State Statistics Committee.

Compared with 2019, last year’s number of overnight stays in hotels in the country decreased by 3.3 times to 999,800. Of them, 58.0% of overnight stays in hotels accounted for Baku, 9.7% for Gabala, 5.5% for Gusar, 4.1% for Guba, 3.2% for Lankaran, 3.1% for Naftalan, 2.4% for the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, 1.9% for Shabran, 1.2% for Mingachevir, 0.9% for Ganja, Khachmaz, Shemakha and Gah, by 0.7% in Masalli and Zagatala, 5.9% in hotels of other cities and districts of Azerbaijan.

 

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