ArmInfo. In 2018, the number of tourist trips by Russians to Armenia increased by 17%. This is evidenced by the ranking of countries in attendance by Russian tourists in 2018, prepared by the analytical agency TourStat.
According to the source, the rating was compiled on the basis of the analysis of statistics of outbound tourist trips from Russia for the first 9 months of 2018. The number of Russian tours to Armenia increased to 327 thousand in the first 9 months of 2018 compared to last year. Thus, Armenia was in the top 25 countries among Russian tourists.
According to TourStat, the top ten countries popular among Russian tourists in 2018 by the number of outbound tourist trips from Russia for the first 9 months included Turkey (4.907 thousand trips), Abkhazia (3.621 thousand), Finland (2.498 thousand), Kazakhstan (2,310 thousand), Ukraine (1,793 thousand), China (1,449 thousand), Estonia (1,343 thousand), Georgia (979 thousand), Germany (950 thousand) and Italy (849 thousand).
The total number of outbound tourist trips from Russia abroad compared to last year increased by 6% to 32.9 million for the first 9 months of 2018.
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