  Armenia among top 25 countries Russian travelers prefer to visit June 11, 2018 - 10:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia was one of the top 25 countries most popular among Russian travelers for outbound tourism in the first quarter of 2018. According to information compiled by analytical agency TurStat, 79.000 Russians took trips to Armenia in the reporting period, up by 22% year-on-year. The analysis reveals that Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey saw the biggest growth of arrivals in the first three months of the current year. Armenia, in particular, is placed the 22nd, while Abkhazia, Finland, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Ukraine, China, Estonia, the UAE, Germany and Poland take the top spots. 7.5 million Russians traveled abroad in Q1, up by 12% y/y. As reported earlier, the mountainous Lake Sevan in central eastern Armenia is one of the top 5 resorts of the CIS countries, popular among Russian tourists in summer 2018.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
