THE MAIN DIRECTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES OF TOURISM' DEVELOPMENT IN AZERBAIJAN

Tourism and technological progress became very popular since XIX century. Tourism started to be a part of people's life in global world. Tourism is considered as one of the most income based service sectors. Its development can bring many advances with itself to the economy. Today many countries earn most of their budget income from tourism sector. Tourism is not just only an income source, but also a helper for strong international relations. Development of tourism strengthens the relations between nations, cultures and increases socioeconomic business activities. The era of education and technology makes life much easier and increases the need for travelling. Tourism is a luxury good, it means very costly to attain. But today it becomes easier to travel with the help of low budget tourism (the offer of low service prices by companies).