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Economy minister predicts record number of tourist visits in 2023

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 14:48,

YEREVAN, MAY 30, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan predicts that a record number of tourists will visit Armenia in 2023.

630,000 tourists visited Armenia in the first four months of the year, he told lawmakers during budget discussions. The figure is 35% higher than in 2019. “This allows us to predict that we will have a record year, if no serious obstacles happen,” Kerobyan added.

One tourist spends 1,200 dollars in Armenia, according to Kerobyan. He said that 10 years ago tourists were spending 800 dollars during their stay in the country.

The habits of the tourists have also changed. The minister said that tourists nowadays prefer to rent apartments and spend the money intended for the hotel stay elsewhere.

Kerobyan added that 1 million 660 thousand tourists visited Armenia in 2022.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS