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Azerbaijan Tourism Association Creates Travel App

2016-02-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Nahid Bagirov via Biznessinfo.az

The Azerbaijan Tourism Association (AzTa) is creating a mobile app guide service that will presumably attract more tourists and improving the quality of services in the country.

Tags: Azerbaijan, Baku, Baku hotels, Baku tourism

Azerbaijan: New Tourist Mecca?

2013-03-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Baku, Azerbaijan

The number of tourists visiting Azerbaijan last year increased by some 2.4 percent when compared with the previous year. This via a report by Azerbaijan’s Tourism Ministry from the World Economic Forum results. Overall, when compared with previous figures, Azerbaijan has moved five spaces to 79th among countries in Europe where tourism is concerned.

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Azerbaijan Tourism Ministry Needs Uplifting

2012-09-16 by Phil Butler

Azerbaijan's tourism portal

Azerbaijan is one of the most progressive tourist destinations in the world since the outpouring of interest after Eurovision. As an indicator of just how quickly things are ramping up there, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, Abulfaz Garayev, just announced this morning the his agency’s need for tourism professionals.

Tags: Abulfaz Garayev, Azerbaijan culture, Azerbaijan tourism, Azerbaijan Tourism Association, Azerbaijan Twitter, Baku government, Baku tourism, Eurovision, Facebook, social media, travel tools

Four Seasons Hotel Baku – Open for Pampering

2012-09-16 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Along the Boulevard in Baku

For visitors to Azerbaijan and Baku this Fall and Winter experiencing one of the world’s most fascinating capitals just got more luxurious. The Eurovision Song Contest may be over, but the richness of Baku has a new home away from home, the new Four Seasons.

Tags: Azerbaijan travel, Baku hotels, Baku tourism, Caspian hotels, Caspian Sea, hotel openings, Luxury Hotels

Azerbaijan to Build World’s Tallest Skyscraper

2012-04-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Fireworks in Baku, Azerbaijan

Once upon a time New York City’s Empire State Building was the envy of the world, the tallest skyscraper then constructed dwarfed all other man made objects. Fast forward to today and news from Azerbaijan. The filthy rich former Soviet Union outpost intends on using oil revenues to catapult itself into the modern age with a range of ambitious projects, including erecting the world’s tallest building.

Tags: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Tourism Association, Azerbaijani, Baku hotels, Baku tourism, Baku Travel, Empire State building, Ibrahim Ibrahimov

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