26/12/2014 19:54
Minister: Number of tourists to Armenia grows 15% in 2014
941,151 people (13.6% growth) visited Armenia in January-September 2014, Armenian Minister of Economy Karen Chshmarityan told journalists today.
It is expected that the annual number of tourists will amount to 1.250,000, which is a 15% increase. 1,084,188 people traveled to Armenia in 2013.
The number of domestic tourists made 785,180 in January-September, increasing by 33.7%. Six hotels were put into operation in 2014 and 33 new rooms opened at the Armenia Marriott Hotel in Yerevan.
Armenia participated in nine leading travel and tourism events in 2014, including Fitur Madrid 2014 International Tourism Trade Fair, Satte International Tourism and Travel Trade Show 2014 in India, etc. The Nagorno Karabakh Republic took part in four of those tourism exhibitions.