Cruise route can be created in Caspian Sea

TA very promising cruise route can be created in the Caspian Sea, which never existed in the history of tourism.

Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism of Russia Oleg Safonov, made the remarks speaking at the round table within the framework of the 9th Russian-Azerbaijani interregional forum.

Safonov went on to say that currently cruise tourism is developing in the world at a very fast pace.

“The world leaders of cruise tourism are interested in the appearance of new routes, I think that our joint task will be to attract the world's leading cruise tourism leaders,” he said.

Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Iran are very positive about this project, according to him.

In accordance with the signed memorandum, by the end of 2019 sea tours of the Russian cruise ship “Peter the Great” will begin in Baku. The Memorandum provides for joint activities to study and develop optimal routes for cruise passenger vessels, such as ports of the Black Sea inland waterways of the Russian Federation - Astrakhan - ports of the Caspian Sea; Moscow-Baku; Astrakhan - Makhachkala - Baku; Baku - Anzali - Nousher - Turkmenbashi Aktau - Astrakhan and others.

Tourism in Azerbaijan is developing rapidly, and to support the flow of foreign visitors, comprehensive activities are carried out. Azerbaijan is engaged in the efforts to diversify the non-oil economy, and tourism industry is one of the promising sectors to contribute to the achievement of this ambitious goal.

Thanks to all these, the country has improved its tourism performance in the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 released by experts of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

The tourism development strategy in Azerbaijan provides for effective use of the potential of all regions of the country in this area.