TOURISTS FROM OVER 60 COUNTRIES VISITED NKR CURRENT YEAR

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Nov 16 2006

In 2006 over 5 000 foreign citizens have visited the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic.

75 % of the Republic’s guests were tourists, the NKR MFA Consular
Service Head Yuri Zakharian told DE FACTO Agency. The tourists from
over 60 countries, mostly the U. S., Canada, Russia, France, Australia,
the U. K., Germany and Italy have visited the Nagorno-Karabakh current
year. Hundreds of people representing research and humanitarian
organizations, business circles and mass media have also visited the
Republic. The citizens of India, Cambodia and Venezuela were among
the NKR’s guests.

Yuri Zakharian mentioned positive dynamics of the growth of the
foreigners’ visits to the NKR registered during the last five years –
about 30 % a year.