Austrian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Sylvia Meier-Kajbic, told Azerbaijani media that Austria is ready to assist Azerbaijan in developing tourism.
“Tourism in our country is well developed and many tourists visit Austria every year. Austria can share many years of experience and knowledge which can help Azerbaijan develop certain directions of tourism” said Kajbic and added “the number of Azerbaijani tourists who want to visit Austria is growing every year”.
As was indicated at the press conference, a conference on tourism issues will be held in Baku on October 19-20, 2012, with the support of the Azerbaijani-Austrian Chamber of Commerce, BEHF, Siemens and Hotel Kempinski Badamdar.
The conference will discuss issues such as the development of tourism in Azerbaijan, role of sports and cultural events in the development of tourism, personnel policy in this field, education and training, as well as projects for the development of tourism in Azerbaijan.