Foreign tourists spend $115 a day in Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia posted a tourist inflow of 321 279 people in January-June 2013, up 14,3% from 2012 results. In the reporting period 343 263 left the country to travel, up 13,6% from 2012 results.

According to data provided by the hotels, the majority of tourists are arriving from CIS, most of the from Russia (23,7%); European tourists are second in the list, with 8,7%; 6,6%; 6,3% arriving from France, Germany and Italy respectively. 11.8%; 6%; 3%; 1,1%; 0,7% of tourists were travelling from the U.S., Iran, Georgia, Canada and Turkey.

Tourists who visited Armenia over the reposting period were spending $115 a day if using the tourist agency's services and twice as less if travelling on their own.