Azerbaijan represented at FESTI exhibition in France
By Sara Israfilbayova
Azerbaijan is represented in the tourist hall FESTI, which takes place in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France.
With the support of the Azerbaijani Embassy in France and the Azerbaijan House in Paris, artworks, handicrafts and other exhibits displaying the ancient civilization, multiculturalism traditions and tourist opportunities of Azerbaijan are exhibited in the tourist hall.
The exhibition, organized as part of the French-Turkish friendship, presents oil paintings by Azerbaijani artists, reflecting the natural beauty of the country, including the wealth of people’s centuries-old creativity, photographs, French books published by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and local products.
The tourist hall FESTI will last until November 4.
As many as 2.208 million foreigners from 193 countries visited Azerbaijan in January-September 2018.
Some 31.2 percent of the tourists were from Russia, 19.8 percent - from Georgia, 10 percent - from Turkey, 9.2 percent - from Iran, 3.3 percent - from the UAE.
The number of tourists from the CIS countries increased by 4.7 percent in January-September 2018, as compared to the same period in 2017.
As many as 88,900 people from the EU countries visited Azerbaijan (an increase of 8.9 percent).
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Sara Israfilbayova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Sara_999Is
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