OVER 108,500 FOREIGN TOURISTS HAVE VISITED ARMENIA IN FIRST HALF OF 2005
YEREVAN, AUGUST 31. ARMINFO. In the first half of 2005 total number
of foreign tourists, who visited Armenia, reached 108,517 people,
which is 15.7% more than in the same period of 2004.
ARMINFO was informed in National Statistical Service of Armenia,
32.7% of the foreign tourists have arrived from CIS countries, 25.5%
- from Russia, 4.8% from Georgia, 2.4% from other countries of CIS.
The visitors from EU countries made up 28.1%, the number of tourists
from USA increased by 50.2%, reaching 19.5% out of the total number
of the tourists.
YEREVAN, AUGUST 31. ARMINFO. In the first half of 2005 total number
of foreign tourists, who visited Armenia, reached 108,517 people,
which is 15.7% more than in the same period of 2004.
ARMINFO was informed in National Statistical Service of Armenia,
32.7% of the foreign tourists have arrived from CIS countries, 25.5%
- from Russia, 4.8% from Georgia, 2.4% from other countries of CIS.
The visitors from EU countries made up 28.1%, the number of tourists
from USA increased by 50.2%, reaching 19.5% out of the total number
of the tourists.