Armenia set to end out-emigration, Pashinyan says
19.08.2018,
14:56
According to official data, 29,986 more people arrived in Armenia in a time span from May 10 to August 14 this year than left it.
YEREVAN, August 19. /ARKA/. According to official data, 29,986 more people arrived in Armenia in a time span from May 10 to August 14 this year than left it. In the same period of time last year, the number of people who left Armenia exceeded the number of those who arrived by 6000.
Citing these numbers at a rally held in Yerevan last Friday, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said they indicate the first and most important stage of ending out-emigration.
According to Pashinyan, 34 thousand more foreigners, many of them ethnic Armenians, arrived in Armenia from May 10 to August 14 than in the same period of 2017. "In essence, this means an increase in investment and tourism interest," he stressed.
Another evidence of the growing interest in Armenia, according to the prime minister, is the 20% rise in the prices of real estate in the capital city Yerevan and beyond it. He said these means that many of Armenian emigrants choose to come back home.
According to the National Statistical Committee, the resident population of Armenia as of July 1, 2018 stood at 2. 969.8 million, down by 10,100 people from the year earlier.
The number of babies born in January-June, 2018, decreased by 5.7% from the same time span to 16,189. The number of deaths decreased by 9.5% to 13,112. -0-
Citing these numbers at a rally held in Yerevan last Friday, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said they indicate the first and most important stage of ending out-emigration.
According to Pashinyan, 34 thousand more foreigners, many of them ethnic Armenians, arrived in Armenia from May 10 to August 14 than in the same period of 2017. "In essence, this means an increase in investment and tourism interest," he stressed.
Another evidence of the growing interest in Armenia, according to the prime minister, is the 20% rise in the prices of real estate in the capital city Yerevan and beyond it. He said these means that many of Armenian emigrants choose to come back home.
According to the National Statistical Committee, the resident population of Armenia as of July 1, 2018 stood at 2. 969.8 million, down by 10,100 people from the year earlier.
The number of babies born in January-June, 2018, decreased by 5.7% from the same time span to 16,189. The number of deaths decreased by 9.5% to 13,112. -0-
