ArmInfo. Analytical agency TurStat analyzed the data of the National Geographic Traveler Awards 2018 (NGT Awards 2018) voting on Russian tourist destinations for recreation and tourism in the CIS and neighboring countries on October 9, 2018.
Voting for the best travel destinations took place on the National Geographic Russia website. Armenia is in the top five countries popular for gastronomic tourism, ahead of Italy.
According to TourStat, in the nomination "Gastronomic tourism" 34% of the votes were cast for Uzbekistan, 21% for Italy, 15% for Azerbaijan, 13% for France, 8% for Armenia, 6 for South Korea % of votes.