ArmInfo.. In Armenia, the service sector increased its volume in January-October 2018 to the same period of 2017 by 18.5% - to 1.4 trillion. drams ($ 2.9 billion), against 13.9% growth a year earlier. Only in October, an increase was also recorded - by 2.8% - up to 169.3 billion drams ($ 349.2 million).
According to the RA Statistical Committee, the annual growth is due to the acceleration of climbing services in the catering sector from 19.3% to 30.7%, in the fields of culture, entertainment and recreation - from 21.2% to 34.4%, health care - from 16, 9% to 27.6%, real estate operations - from 8.1% to 10.3%, information and communication - from 0 4.8% to 5.3%, transport - from 14.5% to 11.2 %, administrative and support activities - from 9.8% to 20.2%, professional and technical activities - from 0.2% to 17.4%. At the same time, services in the field of education showed a constant annual dynamics. The slowdown in the annual growth rate of the services provided was observed in the field of transport - from 14.5% to 11.2% and financial and insurance activities - from 20.6% to 17.5%.In terms of the volume of services provided, for the first time the leading positions were taken by the sphere of culture, entertainment and recreation - 316.4 billion drams (22.2% of the total volume). The second place in terms of services is occupied by the financial sector - 297.3 billion drams (20.8% of the total), with the lion's share accounted for by banks. The third place is occupied by the information and communication sector - 200 billion drams (14%), with the main burden falling on the telecommunications segment. The fourth place is occupied by the transport sector - 181.8 billion drams (12.7%). The top five in terms of the volume of services provided closes the sphere of catering and tourism - 122.5 billion drams (8.6%).The average settlement rate of the dram to the US dollar in October 2018 was 484.93 dr./$ 1, and in January- October - 482.49 dr./$ 1, against in October 2017, 480.74 dr./$ 1 and 482.41 dr ./$ 1 in January-October 2017