The Egyptian Cabinet issued an infograph Wednesday indicating that the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will attract more than 5 million visitors annually, according to Egypt Today. The infograph also clarified that the GEM will be the largest archaeological museum in the world to be dedicated ...
Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry on Friday has begun moving four of the sphinxes in Luxor’s Karnak Temple, relocating them to Tahrir Square, according to the Egypt Independent. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly instructed that a specific timetable be drawn up to complete ...
Italy`s tourism portal “video.corriere.it” has published an article highlighting the mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan. The article also features a video presentation. The article says that the mud volcanoes, located in Gobustan ...
Representatives of 220 Malaysian tourism companies continue their visit to Azerbaijan. Co-organized by the Malaysia’s GM Travel House company and Azerbaijan’s Embassy in this country, the visit aims to boost cooperation with the Azerbaijan`s tourism companies ...
The nature of Azerbaijan is generous with gifts. Of particular note are the fruits grown in the country. Delicate peaches, juicy citrus fruits, fragrant strawberries, unusual medlar and persimmons, and many others. However, there is such a fruit in ...
Azerbaijan has won “Best Excursion Tour Destination” by the National Geographic Traveler Awards 2019, an annual traveler award held by the Russian edition of the US National Geographic Traveler magazine. The publication annually holds a vote for the best tourist destinations among the most ...
An Azerbaijani delegation is attending the joint meeting of the working group on culture and cooperation in tourism of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) in Istanbul, Turkey. The event brings together representatives of the ministries of culture and tourism of 11 member countries ...
US tour operators have met with representatives of about 70 tourism companies of Azerbaijan in Baku to familiarize themselves with the country`s tourism potential. They exchanged views on tourism services offered in Azerbaijan as well as bilateral cooperation prospects ...
An Azerbaijani delegation led by Ruslan Guliyev, President of the Azerbaijan Health and Thermal Tourism Support Association, has participated in the International Healthcare Travel Forum (IHTF) 2019 held in Amman, Jordan ...
The coastal Astara region of Azerbaijan is lushly forested and is known especially for its citrus fruits. Rising rapidly behind this narrow fringe, the first phalanx of wooded hills are vaguely evocative of South-East Asia with big slightly sparse tree cover on ...
Fourteen Azerbaijani travel companies have exhibited their products and services at Pakistan Travel Mart (PTM) exhibition held in Karachi. The companies highlighted Azerbaijan`s potential in various areas of tourism, as well as the county`s attractions, hotels, national cuisine, and tourist routes ...
Azerbaijan`s Embassy to Bulgaria has installed a national stand at the 12th Tourism Black Sea Forum in Varna, Bulgaria. The stand promoted tourism potential and culture of Azerbaijan, featuring souvenirs, samples of national cuisine, wines, booklets and other printing material ...
In Azerbaijan, there are nine national parks scattered throughout the country and characterized by high natural diversity. They are inhabited by hundreds of species of rare representatives of the fauna and flora listed in the Red Book. Unlike nature reserves, which, as a rule, do not allow tourists, National Parks are open to the public ...
By the 11th and 12th centuries, Baku had become a large commercial seaport on the Caspian Sea. For safety reasons, the Shirvanshah dynasty initiated a large-scale building project to strengthen the city’s fortification works. A fortress, protected ...
Azerbaijan is extraordinarily generously endowed with a variety of natural resources that are used in medicine. Many of them, such as thermal springs, therapeutic mud, salt caves are scattered all over the country. But one natural phenomenon is so ...
Khinalig is the ancient village in Azerbaijan. The village is located an hour drive along a new road from Guba city. Khinalig has developed its own culture and traditions, and even its own language. The village is over 5,000 years old. For centuries, this ...
An Azerbaijani delegation is attending the 23rd session of the UNWTO General Assembly in St. Petersburg, Russia. The event brings together over 1,100 delegates, including 65 tourism ministers and deputy ministers ...
“Azerbaijan: Take Another Look” promotional video by Azerbaijan Tourism Bureau has won FilmAT Festival in the category of “Best tourism destination video” in Warsaw, Poland. FilmAT Festival is a member of the International Committee of Tourfilm Festivals – CIFFT (Comité International ...
The 23rd session of the UNWTO General Assembly will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, from September 9 to 13. Over 1,500 delegates from 158 countries will gather together at the Assembly venues to discuss solutions ...
India has been chosen as the host country to celebrate World Tourism Day 2019 on the theme ‘Tourism and Jobs: A better future for all’. Celebrated every September 27 around the world, the purpose of World Tourism Day is to foster awareness among the ...
