OFFICIAL SAYS NUMBER OF TOURISTS TRAVELING TO ARMENIA HAS GROWN BY 0.1%

Panorama.am
16:36 12/08/2009

The number of tourists who traveled to Armenia in the first term of
the year has grown by 0.1% compared with the same term of the previous
year. 207 729 tourists traveled to Armenia in the first term of the
year, Mekhak Apresyan of the Economy Ministry told at news conference.

According to the official there is no reduction but there is no
improvement either. Apresyan says 0.1% of growing is important if to
take into account 1-2% reduction recorded in many other countries of
the world.

Remind, that Apresyan has announced earlier that Armenia would have
10% of growing this year.

Official ensures that great number of tourists is going to travel to
Armenia in the second term of the year. It is said that tourists from
USA, EU states, Iran and Georgia travel to Armenia.