OREANDA-NEWS. June 28, 2010. The Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture & Tourism asserts that now the country is lacking unlicensed hotels.

Abulfas Garayev, the culture & tourism minister, says that 40 hotels have been closed in Azerbaijan.

“Today our country has not hotels operating without license or hotels who fail to apply for license,” the minister said.

According to Garayev, yesterday alone three more hotels were issued licenses.