Azerbaijan Tourism Board appoints BRANDit, as its Indian Consultant Workplace

On June seventh, the Azerbaijan Tourism Board, in collaboration with BRANDit, held a press convention in Mumbai, India, attended by the highest native media representatives. The occasion marked a milestone in Azerbaijan-India tourism relations, asserting BRANDit as the brand new consultant workplace. This appointment highlights the rising curiosity of Indian travellers in Azerbaijan. Through the occasion, Florian Sengstschmid, CEO of the Azerbaijan Tourism Board, and  Lubaina Sheerazi, CEO of BRANDit, shared their insights and future plans for enhancing Azerbaijan’s visibility within the Indian market.

“Tourism relations between Azerbaijan and India are at a historic excessive, with rising arrival numbers and plenty of new rising experiences and tourism alternatives for Indians, together with household and solo holidays, vacation spot weddings, Bollywood and Tamil films capturing. Evaluating to the identical interval final yr, the variety of Indian vacationers visiting Azerbaijan has surpassed a twofold rise (2.6). With appointment of BRANDit as our consultant workplace, we’re poised to maintain and elevate this rising development,” – shared Florian Sengstschmid, CEO of Azerbaijan Tourism Board.

He additional introduced the profitable finalization of a roadshow in three Indian cities — Bangalore, Pune and Kolkata with prime Indian journey commerce representatives, offering either side with alternative to reinforce tourism partnerships. Following  Sengstschmid’s remarks, Lubaina Sheerazi took the stage, expressing her readiness to assist the collaboration.

“We’re thrilled to companion with the Azerbaijan Tourism Board as a part of BRANDit’s rising portfolio. Our collaboration goals to unveil Azerbaijan’s hidden treasures and join Indians with its distinctive experiences and use our experience within the Indian outbound market, journey commerce, and media to seize the rising curiosity within the vacation spot.” – Lubaina Sheerazi, CEO and Co-founder, BRANDit.

The press convention concluded with an interactive session, the place attendees had the chance to interact with audio system and study extra about thrilling way forward for tourism relations between Azerbaijan India. Following the agenda, on June eighth, 2024, media and journey commerce representatives will collect for a networking occasion in Mumbai, India.

The rising variety of arrivals highlights Azerbaijan’s emergence as a extremely sought-after journey vacation spot for Indian vacationers. The rising inflow of Indian vacationers to Azerbaijan underscores its rise as a favoured journey spot. This reputation is fuelled by its accessible flights, hassle-free e-visa course of, and status as a vibrant cultural and enterprise centre. E-visas, obtainable from evisa.gov.az inside 3 days for simply $26, together with continuous flights, allow travellers to achieve the Caucasus area’s greatest metropolis in simply 4 hours. At present, AZAL Airways operates flights between Baku and Mumbai 4 instances every week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays, in addition to flights between Baku and New Delhi thrice every week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. As well as, IndiGo Airways operates flights from Baku to Delhi day-after-day, with plans to introduce a brand new route with three flights per week from Baku to Mumbai.

Standing on the crossroads of Europe and Asia, and supported by a wealthy historical past that spans 5000 years, Azerbaijan is a perfect vacation spot for household holidays, solo-travellers and weddings. The various tradition of Azerbaijan has flourished over the ages, additionally influenced by travellers passing the Nice Silk Street. Ateshgah stands as a testomony to this wealthy heritage, as this Fireplace Temple, marked by spouts of flames, and inscriptions in Sanskrit adorned by Nineteenth-century Hindu retailers, continues to captivate travellers.

Whereas in Azerbaijan, travellers can discover numerous tourism choices, together with UNESCO World Heritage websites just like the Previous Metropolis of Baku and the Gobustan Rock Artwork Cultural Panorama within the outskirts of the capital, Sheki Historic Centre in north-west and newly inscribed Khinalig village and ‘Köç Yolu’ within the north. Baku, the capital metropolis of Azerbaijan, wealthy in historical landmarks and sea views, is preordained for love which is the rationale for therefore many Indian weddings being hosted right here.

Cosmopolitan Baku affords a vibrant metropolis life with its museums and classy bars, in addition to eating places with native and worldwide delicacies. With top-notch infrastructure together with the Skytrax 5-star rated Baku Worldwide Airport, chain lodges, iconic Flame Towers, and premier amenities just like the Baku Congress Centre and Heydar Aliyev Centre, Azerbaijan is primed for internet hosting enterprise and large worldwide occasions, together with proudly internet hosting COP29 in fall 2024.