International tourism rate decreased by 8% in January-April 2009
04.07.2009 16:09 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to World Tourism Organization – provided
data, a decrease in people planning a holiday abroad has been
registered within the first four months of 2009. International tourism
rate decreased by 8% in January-April 2009, compared with last year’s
results. Number of tourists to Europe decreased by 10%.
Recent data made International Tourism Organization review tourism
development forecast for 2009. They believe that the number of foreign
tourists will decrease by 4-6% compared with 2008.
Financial crisis is the reason for problems in tourism sphere.
In the first quarter of 2009, number of tourists to Armenia increased
by 2,8% (85 000 people) compared with the same period in 2008
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