ArmInfo. In 2020 growth of tourist visits to Armenia by citizens is forecasted foreign states. On November 14, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan stated this from the rostrum of the parliament.
According to him, it is important that the number of visits by citizens of the leading states of the world is increasing. So, for the first 9 months of this year in tourism sector recorded an increase of 14.4%. During this period, the country was visited by 1.046 million people, a significant proportion of whom are citizens of the Russian Federation - 646 thousand people (an increase of 23.1%). The number of visits by US citizens increased by 18.5%, by 29% by citizens of Lebanon, by 21% by citizens of France, by 30-40% by citizens of Sweden, Switzerland and Greece, and by 23% by citizens of the Netherlands. The Minister especially drew attention to the increase in the number of visits by citizens of South Korea (an increase of 37.6%), China (42.1%) and Japan (18.5%). All this, according to the minister, indicates a significant increase in the attractiveness of Armenia.
Tigran Khachatryan expressed confidence that the growth rate of the tourism sector will continue in 2020. 6.3 billion drams will be allocated for the development of the sphere next year.
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