Iranians Invited to Baku Tourism Fair

Azerbaijan has invited Iranian travel agencies to participate in AITF 2017, an international tourism and travel fair that will be held in Baku on April 6-8. During a meeting in Baku with Jalil Jabbari, the top tourism official of Iran’s West Azarbaijan Province, Azerbaijan’s Aydin Ismiyev, the head of Tourism Department at the culture and tourism ministry, stressed the importance of expanding tourism ties between the neighboring countries, Azertac reported. Visa procedures were simplified in 2016, which has reportedly led to “a significant increase in the number of Iranian tourists compared to the previous two years”, Ismiyev said.