BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 8. The flow of tourists from Azerbaijan to Iran has decreased by 1.8 million people, Anoushirvan Mohseni Bandpei, Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts of Iran, told reporters, TurkicWorld reports.
He observed that the downturn was precipitated by an event involving an Azerbaijani national within the Iranian territory.
Bandpey articulated that in the pre-pandemic epoch, spanning from March 20, 2019, to March 20, 2020, the influx of international tourists to Iran reached a substantial figure of 9.8 million individuals.
The deputy minister articulated that these metrics elucidate how the deficiency in sustainable security paradigms and a detrimental perception tangibly influence the nation’s tourism sector dynamics.
