NUMBER OF TOURISTS WHO ARRIVED IN ARMENIA IN JANUARY-MARCH 2007 INCREASES BY 41.7% IN COMPARISON WITH SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR

Noyan Tapan
Jun 07 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 7, NOYAN TAPAN. In January-March, 2007 71 thousand and
795 tourists arrived in Armenia in comparison with 50 thousand and
679 tourists in the same period of the last year: the increase makes
41.7%. According to the account data, received BY RA Statistical
Service from hotels, in January-March, 2007 7 thousand 678 tourists
stayed at 33 hotels in Armenia.

The 29.2% arrived in Armenia on business, 18.1% – on holiday and for
entertainment, 0.1% – for education, 52.6% for other reasons.

28.8% of tourists who arrived in Armenia in January-March, 2007
(30.0% last year) came from CIS countries, besides 20.4% (23.7%)
in the total number arrived from Russia.

In the mentioned period the number of the tourists having arrived
in Armenia from EU countries made 32.4% of the total number (27.4%
in January-March, 2006), besides those, having arrived from France
– 9.9% (7.8%), Germany – 6.7% (6.3%), Great Britain – 6.0% (6.0%),
other EU countries – 9.9%.

In the first quarter of 2007 38.8% (39.6%) of the total number of
tourists arrived in Armenia from other countries of the world, besides
19.5% (18.3%) came from USA, 7.1% (6.9%) from Iran, 1.5% (1.5%) from
Turkey, 1.3% (2.3%) from Canada, 9.4% (10.6%) from other countries.