Yerevan among top 10 affordable cities for Russian touristsFebruary 1, 2016 - 16:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan is among the top 10 budget-friendly cities for Russian tourists in 2016, with travelers spending an average of 3.5 days in Armenia’s capital. Russian online hotel booking service Oktogo.ru compiled in a list the cheapest tourist destinations in 2016, focusing on average daily cost of reservations made from February 1 to December 31, 2016. “In 2016, Yerevan is among the ten most popular tourist destinations for tourists traveling on their own,” said Yakov Sadchikov, Communications Director at Oktogo.ru. Besides, Polish Poznan and Krakow, Spanish Malaga, the Jordanian capital, Amman, the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, Italian Palermo, the Azerbaijani capital Baku, the Moldovan capital Chisinau and Uzbek capital Tashkent also made the list of top 10 affordable tourist destinations. Resorts Nha Trang (Vietnam) and Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) lead the top ten most affordable spa centers abroad in 2016. Top stories 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. Partner news | “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. |