29 July 2026 16:22 (UTC+04:00)Ulviyya Poladova Read moreA total of 1,091,865 foreign nationals from 194 countries entered Azerbaijan during the first six months of 2026, AzerNEWS reports. Vusal Huseynov, head of Azerbaijan’s State Migration Service, disclosed this information while answering journalists’ questions during a media tour titled "Media Awareness in the Field of Migration." According to him, the number of foreign visitors entering Azerbaijan in the first half of 2026 was approximately 10% lower than during the same period last year. The main factor behind the overall decrease is the reduction in the number of visitors from the Gulf countries and South Asia. The sharpest decline was recorded among visitors from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, India and South Asia as a whole," the State Migration Service chief stressed.