NUMBER OF TOURISTS TO ARMENIA INCREASES BY 36.3% IN FIRST HALF OF 2007 ON SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR

Noyan Tapan
Sep 4, 2007

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. 38,077 internal tourists were
accommodated in tourist lodgings of Armenia in January-June 2007,
which is more by 24.3% than in the same period of last year.

181,239 tourists came to Armenia in the first half of 2007 against
132,937 in the same period of 2006. Tourists from CIS countries made
up 25.2% of them (26.8% in the same period of 2006), including tourists
from Russia who made up 18.2% (19.9% in January-June 2006).

According to the RA National Statistical Service, 23,122 tourists
stayed in 40 hotels of Armenia in January-June 2007 against 21,825
in the same months of 2006.

Tourists from EU countries made up 37.3% of the total number of
tourists to Armenia in the first half of 2007, including tourists from
France – 12.9%, Germany – 7%, the UK – 6.9%, from other EU countries
– 10.5%.