Geography of tourist inflow to Armenia expanded

PanARMENIAN.Net - Recently geography of Tourist inflow to Armenia has shown a tendency of expanding, Head of Tourism Management and Territorial Economy Development Department at RA Economy Ministry Mekhak Apresyan told a news conference in Yerevan. Increased Tourist inflow from Scandinavian countries, Thailand, China, Japan has been registered lately



Among tourists visiting Armenia, Russian and Georgian tourists are rated first, followed by CIS tourists and finally, those from EU, US and Iran. In this connection Mekhak Apresyan noted that last year a group of Turkish tourists visited Armenia and left greatly impressed. Tourist agency which worked with the group last year is expecting them to visit soon, Apresyan added.
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