NUMBER OF TOURISTS VISITING ARMENIA IN JANUARY-SEPTEMBER INCREASES 33.8%
ARKA News Agency
Dec 3 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, December 3. /ARKA/. The number of tourists visiting Armenia in
January-September increased 33.8% and reached 364,400 people against
272,400 people in the same period of the last year, the country’s
National Statistical Service reported.
A considerable part of these tourists (87.9% or 232,400 people)
lived at their relatives’ places or in rented apartments. The number
of these tourists increased 37.9% in the period.
Only a small part of the tourists (12.1% or 43,900 people) were
accommodated in hotels. The increase in this category of tourists
has been 9.8% as compared with January-September 2006. 42 hotels in
Armenia provide accommodation for foreign tourists.
According to the statistics, tourism organizations assisted 8,300
Armenian tourists traveling outside Armenia, which is a 43.6% increase
in number over the period. Others – 350,200 people – traveled outside
Armenia on their own (38.7% increase).
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