  Armenia among top 10 countries of inbound tourism to Russia in 2017 March 19, 2018 - 12:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia is among the top 10 countries in terms of inbound tourist trips taken to Russia in 2017, analytical agency TurStat says. According to the source, 584,000 people traveled to Russia from Armenia in the reporting period, while the total number of inbound tourist trips to Russia last year was more topped 24 million. Armenia took the seventh spot in terms of the number of tourist trips taken to Russia last year and is nestled between Poland and Germany in the rating. The top ten countries in terms of the number of incoming tourist trips to Russia included Ukraine (8.7 million trips), Kazakhstan (3.5 million), China (1.5 million), Finland (1 million), Azerbaijan (876,000) Poland (714,000), Armenia (584,000), Germany (580,000), Moldova (519,000) and Abkhazia (432,000).   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). |
