One million foreign tourists visit Armenia in 6 months of 2023

YEREVAN, July 7. /ARKA/. The number of foreign tourists visiting Armenia in the first half of the year amounted to 1 million, a 30% year-on-year growth, according to the Tourism Committee, an affiliation of the Economy Ministry.

In June 2023 alone, some 199,000 foreign tourists visited Armenia, up from 130,000 in June 2022 and 154,000 in June 2019.

According to the official data, in the first half of the year most foreign tourists were from Russia (52% or 519 thousand people), Georgia (11% or 115 thousand) and Iran (6% or 58 thousand).

According to official statistics, 451,850 foreign tourists visited Armenia in January-March 2023, compared to 249,361 during the same period of 2022, an increase of 81.2%.

According to Economy Minister Vahan Kerobyan's forecast, more than 2 million tourists are expected to visit Armenia this year.-0-