The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has welcomed the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan as its newest government member. It is the executive authority carrying out and regulating the state policy in the field of tourism.

“The agency of Azerbaijan understands the importance of the tremendous growth and influence of the Asia Pacific region and, through PATA’s various activities, they now enjoy access to our association’s extensive network of members as well as in-depth research and insights to help them to develop tourism in a responsible and sustainable manner,” said Mario Hardy, chief executive officer of PATA.

Capacity-building activities.

Fuad Naghiyev, chairman of the State Tourism Agency said: “The Asia-Pacific region is one of the key markets for us as we are observing a significant increase in the number of tourists coming to Azerbaijan from this region. We are eager to support and contribute to this growth by co-operating with public and private entities in the region’s tourism sector, providing trainings for travel industry representatives and engaging in other capacity-building activities aimed at strengthening ties in the sphere of tourism between Azerbaijan and the Asia-Pacific region.”