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Azerbaijan is emerging as the hottest new short-haul destination for GCC travellers. Whether it’s a long weekend in the capital Baku, wandering the Old City streets and soaking up its history and culture, or heading to the mountains for a ski trip, there is something for everyone in the Caucasus country less than a three-hour flight from the UAE. Oil and gas-rich Azerbaijan has seen a rapid rise in the last decade, starting in 2012 when Baku was the host city of the Eurovision Song Contest, catapulting this little-known former Soviet state onto the world stage.
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