BAKU, Azerbaijan, Might 6. The fifth Senior
Officers Assembly and the 4th Ministerial Assembly on Tourism of the
D-8 Group for Financial Cooperation had been held in Cairo,
Egypt, from Might 5 to six, 2025, Development reviews.
The occasion introduced collectively tourism ministers and heads of
related businesses from the group’s member states. Azerbaijan
was represented by a delegation led by Kanan Guluzade, Advisor to
the Chairman of the State Tourism Company.
In his handle, Kanan Guluzade highlighted the federal government’s
dedication to tourism as one of many major sectors of the financial system,
stating that Azerbaijan has hosted a number of large-scale
worldwide occasions in recent times, reflecting the nation’s
rising profile as a worldwide tourism vacation spot.
Guluzade additionally underlined Azerbaijan’s pivotal function in
integrating tourism into the worldwide local weather dialogue, noting that
for the primary time in COP historical past, tourism will probably be included as a
key merchandise on the local weather negotiations agenda—an achievement made
doable by Azerbaijan’s initiative because the host nation of
COP29. He knowledgeable attendees concerning the “COP29 Declaration on
Enhanced Local weather Motion within the Tourism Sector,” which has already
obtained help from over 70 nations. He invited D-8 member
states to endorse and be a part of the declaration.
Guluzade additional prolonged an invite to contributors to
attend the thirteenth session of the United Nations World City Discussion board
(WUF13), scheduled to be held in Baku in 2026. He emphasised that
Azerbaijan is able to improve tourism cooperation with D-8 member
nations inside the framework of the group.
On the conclusion of the assembly, the “Cairo Declaration on D-8
Tourism Cooperation 2025” was adopted. This declaration outlines
mutual cooperation within the subject of tourism and goals to create new
alternatives for regional improvement amongst member nations.
Moreover, the Turkish metropolis of Antalya was designated because the D-8
Tourism Metropolis for 2025.
