Artsakh attracts tourists from U.S. China, Kenya, Indonesia

PanARMENIAN.Net - The number of foreign citizens visiting the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in 2011 amounted to 11,362 showing an increase of more than 3000 tourists as compared with the previous year, according to the data of the NKR MFA Consular Service.

The geography of the tourists is quite broad and it continues expanding every year. In 2011, citizens of the Russian Federation, the USA, France, Iran, Canada, Germany, the Ukraine, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Gabon, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire, SAR Cuba, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia and other countries visited the NKR.

The fact that the country is more often included in the ratings of the most attractive tourist countries of the world testifies to the increasing interest to Nagorno Karabakh.

Arriving in Artsakh, the guests mostly visit the monastery complexes of Gandzasar (XIII century), Amaras (IV century), Dadivank (IV century), the excavations’ zone of the ancient town of Tigranakert (I century BC), the ancient Azokh cave and a great number of antique Armenian fortresses etc.

Tourists visiting Artsakh are motivated not only by the historical monuments, virgin nature, and sound ecology but also by friendliness, good will and hospitality of the Artsakh people and original Karabakhi kitchen, NKR MFA Press Service reported.