 15559 tourists visit Artsakh in 2012 March 20, 2013 - 21:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 15559 foreign citizens from 86 countries visited the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic in 2012, with the number of tourists growing 36.9% as compared with 2011, according to NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Artsakh attracted 49.5% of the tourists from Russia, 8.9% - from the U.S., 6.1 %-from France, and 3.5% - from Iran, karabakh-open.info reported. The country attached special attention to tourism industry in the past few years, with favorable legal, economic and structural conditions created for the development of the sector.   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). |
