36.3% INCREASE IN NUMBER OF TOURISTS IN ARMENIA IN JAN-JUNE 2007
ARKA News Agency
Aug 31 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, August 31. /ARKA/. 36.3% increase in the number of tourists
that visited Armenia was recorded in January-June 2007 compared to the
corresponding period last year. The RA Statistical Service reports
that a total of 181,200 tourists visited Armenia during the period
under review against 132,900 in the corresponding period last year.
Most of the tourists, 158,100 or 87.2%, stayed with their relatives,
friends or rented flats. During the period under review their number
increased by 57%. Only 23,100 or 12.8% of the tourists stayed at
hotels – a 5.9% increase compared to January-June 2006.
It should be noted that 38 hotels in Armenia offer their services to
foreign tourists.
According to the statistical data, a total 172,300 Armenian residents
went on tours abroad in January-June 2007, – a 37.8% increase compared
to the corresponding period last year, and only 4,800 of them used
travel agencies’ services.
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