Foreign Tourists Spend $115 A Day In Armenia

FOREIGN TOURISTS SPEND $115 A DAY IN ARMENIA

September 18, 2013 – 13:20 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenia posted a tourist inflow of 321 279 people
in January-June 2012, up 14,3% from 2012 results. In the reporting
period 343 263 left the country to travel, up 13,6% from 2012 results.

According to data provided by the hotels, the majority of tourists are
arriving from CIS, most of the from Russia (23,7%); European tourists
are second in the list, with 8,7%; 6,6%; 6,3% arriving from France,
Germany and Italy respectively. 11.8%; 6%; 3%; 1,1%; 0,7% of tourists
were travelling from the U.S., Iran, Georgia, Canada and Turkey.

Tourists who visited Armenia over the reposting period were spending
$115 a day if using the tourist agency’s services and twice as less
if traveling on their own.