YEREVAN-TOURINFO – At the Armenia’s National Assembly sitting discussion for the draft state budget of 2020 (November 14) Minister of Economy, Tigran Khachatryan stated: “In the past nine months, the flow of tourists to Armenia has increased by 14.4%”. This is evidence of positive changes in Armenia’s tourism appeal.
According to the minister, the main flow of these tourists is from Russia (646 thousand people). Compared to the same period in 2018, the growth was 23.1%. “As compared to last year, 18.5% more tourists visited Armenia from the United States, 45% from Germany, 21% from France, 29% from Lebanon, 23% from the Netherlands, 30-40% from Greece, Switzerland, and Australia. Another significant fact is that this increase from South Korea was 37.6%, from China – 42.1%, from Japan – 18.5%.”
