  Number of tourist trips from Russia to Armenia grew 28% in 2017: report March 17, 2018 - 15:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The number of tourist trips from Russia to Armenia increased by 28% in 2017, the analytical agency TurStat said in its rating of countries of outbound tourism, popular among Russian travelers. According to the agency, the number of trips from Russia to Armenia increased by 28% to 368,000 journeys in 2017 year-on-year, while the total number of outbound tourist trips from Russia increased by 25% to hit 40 million in the reporting period. Armenia thus ranked 26th in terms of the number of foreign tourist trips from Russia, slightly lagging behind the UAE (379,000) and outpacing Israel (359,000). Turkey (4.5 million), Abkhazia (4.3 million), Finland (3.3 million), Kazakhstan (3 million), Ukraine (2.3 million) , China (2 million), Estonia (1.7 million), Poland (1.2 million), Germany (1.2 million) and Thailand (1.1 million) were the most popular countries in terms of the number of tourist trips from Russia in 2017.   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed.Azerbaijan razes historic Armenian church to ground Azerbaijan has demolished the historic Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist (known as Kanach Zham). |
