NUMBER OF TOURISTS TO ARMENIA GROWS BY 19.6% IN 2006 ON PREVIOUS YEAR
Noyan Tapan
Mar 13 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 13, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2006, 381,136 tourists
visited Armenia against 318,563 tourists in 2005: the growth made
19.6%. According to reports submitted by hotels to the RA National
Statistical Service, in 2006, 54,474 tourists stayed at 40 hotels
of Armenia; in 2005, 50,025 tourists stayed at 39 hotels of the
country. In 2006, CIS countries accounted for 23.9% of the growth in
the number of tourists (in 2005 – for 29.4%), including Russia that
accounted for 17.6% of the total number of tourists in 2006 (for 22.8%
in 2005).
Tourists from European Union countries accounted for 35.5% of
the total number of tourists to Armenia in 2006 (in 2005, 29.2%),
including tourists from France 14.8% (8.9%), Germany – 5.3% (5.4%),
Great Britain – 5.3% (5.4%), tourists from other EU countries – 10.1%
(9.3%). Tourists from other countries accounted for 40.6% in 2006
(41.4% in 2005), from the US – 21.6% (22.5%), from Iran – 5.3% (7.5%).