NUMBER OF TOURISTS TO ARMENIA GROWS BY 11.6% IN FIRST HALF OF 2006

Noyan Tapan
Aug 15 2006

YEREVAN, AUGUST 15, NOYAN TAPAN. 122,528 tourists came to Armenia
in the first half of 2006 against 109,750 ones in the same months of
last year (a 11.6% increase). According to the RA National Statistical
Service, in the first half of this year, 119,451 people left Armenia to
travel abroad, which exceeds the index of January-June 2005 by 13.3%.