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15. Fuad Selamzade: Measurement of the Efficiency of Azerbaijan Region Hotel
16. Organization: Window Analysis and Malmquist Index

The Sheki-Zakatala region, which made a breakthrough in the tourism sector in
recent years, became the region with a tppch score above one in 2006-07, 2007-08,
2009-10, 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2017-18. The MI score of the Sheki-Zagatala region
in 2015and 2016 was 2,218, which means that efficiency in the region increased by
121,8% in a year.

Table 7: Malmquist Index TFP Summary of Regions

2007- 2008- 2009- 2010- 2011-
Regons 2006-2007
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Baku 0,881 1,166 0,979 0,910 1,113 1,015
Absheron 1,327 0,979 0,771 1,034 1,667 1,066
Ganja-Gazakh 1,064 0,909 0,931 1,135 1,081 0,727
Sheki-Zagatala 1,053 1,046 0,863 1,248 0,820 0,689
Lankaran 0,798 0,929 1,269 0,552 1,136 1,017
Kuba-Khachmaz 1,081 0,832 1,161 0,979 1,400 0,995
Aran 0,919 0,898 0,820 0,663 0,657 0,606
Mountain Shirvan 0,903 1,010 1,405 0,535 0,885 1,037
Nakhchivan A. R. 0,902 1,037 1,192 1,260 1,169 1,059
2013- 2014- 2015- 2016- 2017-
Regions 2012-2013
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Baku 0,999 0,964 0,969 1,120 1,210 1,125
Absheron 0,547 1,031 1,157 1,042 1,018 1,142
Ganja-Gazakh 0,890 1,186 1,302 0,923 1,266 0,897
Sheki-Zagatala 0,831 0,870 1,007 2,218 0,842 1,259
Lankaran 1,126 1,076 0,648 1,418 0,960 0,830
Kuba-Khachmaz 0,663 0,793 1,005 0,862 1,079 0,922
Aran 1,244 0,555 1,829 1,060 1,475 0,788
Mountain Shirvan 1,094 0,956 0,790 0,720 1,465 1,011
Nakhchivan A. R. 1,044 0,982 0,991 1,015 1,008 1,100

The tppch score of the Nakhchivan A.R. region was above one in other years except
2006-07 (90,2%), 2013-14 (98,2%) and 2014-15 (99,1%). The highest efficiency
score of the Nakhchivan A. R. region increased by 26% in 2010-11.
CONCLUSION
The importance of the tourism sector in the globalizing world is increasing every
passing day. It is travelled to countries for economic, cultural, historical, religious,
sporting, health and other purposes. Although the Republic of Azerbaijan, which has
seven of the nine climates in the world, is already fighting against Armenia, it
attracts the attention of tourists with its natural beauty, cultural-historical
infrastructure and international organizations. It is crucial for the purpose of

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