1.67 tourists traveled to Armenia in 2022 – preliminary dataJanuary 10, 2023 - 17:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Preliminary data suggests 1.67 million tourists traveled to Armenia throughout 2022, the Tourism Committee said Monday, January 9. According to the Committee, 130,000 people arrived in Armenia 2022, up from 67,000 in 2021. “For the second time this year, we exceeded 2019's monthly visits, hosting 130,429 trips (110,685 trips in December 2019),” the Committee added. Authorities predict that in 2023, Armenia will be able to reach the results of 2019, when 1,894,377 tourists visited the country. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Viva sees growing demand for cloud services In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud services Turkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks. Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin. Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |