A total of 71,845 tourists from Western European countries visited Azerbaijan in January-August this year, up 6.5% from 67,489 in the same period of 2025.

Axar.az reports, citing the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan, the number of tourists arriving from Germany reached 17,529, an annual increase of 13.8%; the United Kingdom accounted for 16,213 visitors (+3.4%), Italy 9,670 (+4.7%), France 4,500 (+3.6%), Spain 4,468 (-7.6%), the Netherlands 4,189 (+8.7%), Portugal 2,055 (+23.8%), Belgium 2,044 (+11.2%), Austria 2,026 (+5%), Sweden 1,878 (+10.1%), Switzerland 1,630 (+11.7%), Greece 1,291 (-15.5%), Ireland 1,132 (+2.4%), Norway 972 (-3.4%), Denmark 953 (+32.7%), Finland 599 (+7.3%), Luxembourg 260 (-15%), Iceland 207 (+39.9%), Malta 176 (+6%), and Andorra 53 (+341.7%).

It should be noted that Germany ranked 14th and the United Kingdom 15th among the top 15 countries of origin for foreign visitors to Azerbaijan in August 2026, with 2,839 and 2,325 visitors, respectively.

A total of 1.585 million foreign visitors travelled to Azerbaijan in the first eight months of this year, down 8% from the same period of 2025, when the figure stood at 1.72 million.

In 2025, tourist arrivals from Western European countries to Azerbaijan increased by 5.28% to 112,446.