The purpose of the research is to investigate and evaluate the factors that shape the development of tourism in the mountain regions of Azerbaijan, which has an important place in sustainable economic development.

The methodology of the research - systematic approach, logical summarization, analysis, etc. methods were used.

The practical importance of the research is the study of appropriate models based on world experience in the study of tourism development directions in the mountain regions of Azerbaijan.

The results of the research show that it is important to apply a number of models to ensure sustainable development in our mountain regions, which have development prospects in terms of geographical structure, favorable climatic conditions and other aspects.

The originality and scientific novelty of the research - the importance of applying, increasing and developing models based on world experience in ensuring the sustainable development of mountain tourism has been determined.

Keywords: relief features, sustainable development, statistics, cluster, mountain tourism.