MORE FOREIGN TOURISTS VISIT ARMENIA IN QUARTER ONE
ARMENPRESS
Jun 04 2007
YEREVAN, JUNE 4, ARMENPRESS: Armenia’s National Statistical Service
said 72,000 tourists visited the country in quarter one of this year,
up from 51,000 in the first quarter of 2006. It said the growth rate
was 42 percent.
The National Statistical Service said also over 63,000 Armenians left
the country in the reported period, 50 percent up from a year ago.
Some 29 percent of foreign tourists were from former Soviet republics,
including 21 percent from Russia. Thirty-two percent were from
European Union countries. The number of EU tourists grew from a year
ago 41 percent.
The Statistical Service said the number of visitors from France,
Germany and UK rose 51, 28 and 20 percent respectively.
Visitors from the USA made 20 percent, up 22 percent. The number of
visitors from the neighboring Iran and Turkey also rose 21 and 24
percent respectively.