ARMENIA IN TOP TEN TOURIST DESTINATIONS FOR RUSSIAN PILGRIMS
YEREVAN, August 6. /ARKA/. The Russian online hotel reservation service
Oktogo.ru says pilgrimage tourism is growing in the last month of
the summer. The top ten tourism destinations for Russian pilgrims are
Israel, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Russia, Ukraine (Crimea), Armenia,
Serbia, Abkhazia and Tunis.
Most of Russian pilgrims are aged between 30 and 40 years and prefer
expensive hotel with highs ervice level, head of Oktogo.ru support
service Olga Favarizova said.
Being the first country that adopted Christianity as its sole and
state religion as early as in 301, Armenia attracts pilgrims from
all over the world.
Armenia has over 25,000 historical and cultural monuments that are
of not only religious, but also architectural value and importance.
A hotel room in the centre of Yerevan with a view of Ararat Mount
will cost 2,000 rubles a day, according to the report. -0--
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YEREVAN, August 6. /ARKA/. The Russian online hotel reservation service
Oktogo.ru says pilgrimage tourism is growing in the last month of
the summer. The top ten tourism destinations for Russian pilgrims are
Israel, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Russia, Ukraine (Crimea), Armenia,
Serbia, Abkhazia and Tunis.
Most of Russian pilgrims are aged between 30 and 40 years and prefer
expensive hotel with highs ervice level, head of Oktogo.ru support
service Olga Favarizova said.
Being the first country that adopted Christianity as its sole and
state religion as early as in 301, Armenia attracts pilgrims from
all over the world.
Armenia has over 25,000 historical and cultural monuments that are
of not only religious, but also architectural value and importance.
A hotel room in the centre of Yerevan with a view of Ararat Mount
will cost 2,000 rubles a day, according to the report. -0--
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/tourism/armenia_in_top_ten_tourist_destinations_for_russia n_pilgrims/#sthash.wZ0htv0S.dpuf