3,294 Tourists Visited NKR In 2006

3,294 TOURISTS VISIT NKR IN 2006

Arka News Agency, Armenia
March 6 2007

STEPANAKERT, March 5. /ARKA/. 3,294 tourists from 50 countries of
the world visited the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) in 2006.

As the NKR Statistical Service reported the number of tourists reduced
by 426 (11.5%) as compared to 2005.

2,971 tourists (90.2%) visited the country aiming to have rest and
leisure, 289 (8.8%) – on business and 34 people (1.0%) for other aims.

1,118 tourists (33.9%) who visited the NKR were from the USA, 463 or
14.1% from France and 267 or 8.1% from Canada.