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Alina Hovhannisyan

RA National Statistics Service: in QI of 2017 about 400.3 thousand persons entered Armenia and the annual growth of total indicator formed 14,8 %

RA National Statistics Service: in QI of 2017 about 400.3 thousand persons entered Armenia and the annual growth of total indicator formed 14,8 %

ArmInfo. in QI of 2017  about  400.3 thousand  persons entered Armenia and the annual growth of total indicator formed 14,8 %. According to the data of RA national Statistics Service, from the  total number of persons visited Armenia, the share of those entered  Armenia by Armenian passports, forms 53% or  212.1 thousand people (  annual growth for 13%).  

Among foreigners entered Armenia for the  reported period, the vast majority is formed by Russian nationals,  whose total number formed 79.5. thousand within 20,9% annual growth.  Next come Iranian citizens - 37.7 thousand ( 10% annual growth),  Georgia - 34.6 thousand ( 2,3% growth) and others. 

Top 10 includes also US nationals (3.1. thousand  with annual  dropdown for 1,3%) France (1.7 thousand with 1,5% annual growth) ,  Germany  (1,.5 thousand with 1,3 % growth)  and Turkey (1,4 thousand  with 5,3 % growth) .


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