Russians favour Baku

Baku has ranked the fifth in the list of cities most visited by Russians during May holidays. Russia'a tourist agency Travel.ru compiled the ranking summarizing the data about Russian tourists travelling during May holidays, Day.az news portal reported.

While preparing the ranking the agency took into consideration hotel and apartment booking data for May 1-10, 2016.

The top 10 cities included Minsk, Prague, Riga, Vilnius, Baku, Tallinn, Helsinki, Berlin, Tbilisi and Belgrade.

The tourists remained in Baku for approximately 3 days and paid about $50 per day for accommodation.

The longest Russian tours were made to Prague -- around 6 days. In contrast, the shortest ones were to Krakow, Poland, just for one day. The most expensive city to live for tourists was Venice (over 150 Euro a day); the cheapest one was Bucharest (17 Euro).

The most popular cities for beach facilities throughout May holidays were Cyprus, Greece and Tunisia. The cheapest resort country was Vietnam – about $35 for hotel stay.

Baku also entered the top-three list of cities in neighboring countries beloved by Russian tourists. They were Minsk, Baku and Tbilisi.

The main tourist-attracting factors of Azerbaijan are its nature, ancient sites and buildings’ architecture. The country has a developed tourism infrastructure, nine climatic zones, and five world heritage sites of UNESCO.