The prospect of launching tourist trains across and beyond the borders of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) marks a new milestone in regional tourism cooperation. A special working group, consisting of representatives from railway administrations and tourism organizations of OTS member states, has already been formed to study this initiative.

The growing tourist flow within the Turkic world highlights the increasing potential of such collaboration. Between January and August this year, 428,456 tourists from OTS countries visited Azerbaijan — a notable rise compared to the same period last year. Among them, visitors from Türkiye numbered 289,952, from Kazakhstan 69,332, from Uzbekistan 37,718, from Turkmenistan 21,422, from Kyrgyzstan 7,093, and from Hungary 2,939. Currently, the share of tourists from OTS countries in Azerbaijan’s total tourist flow stands at 24.9%.

It is worth recalling that in July 2025, OTS member states signed a Memorandum of Understanding........

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