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Alina Hovhannisyan

About 160,000 tourists visit Armenia in January

About 160,000 tourists visit Armenia in January

ArmInfo. In January 2023, 159,475 tourists visited Armenia, which is 69% more than a year ago. 

This is reported by the Tourism Committee of Armenia.  According to  the source, 46% of tourists who visited the RA in the first month of  the new year are citizens of the Russian Federation, 11% - citizens  of Georgia, 4% - Iran, 3% - the United States, 1% - Germany, etc.   Mostly, citizens aged 36 to 63 years old (48%) arrived in Armenia for  recreation, 25% are citizens of the age category 26-35 years old, 12%  - up to 12 years old, 10% - from 18 to 25 years old and 5% - above 64  years old.

In 2022, 1.67 million tourists visited Armenia, which exceeded the  figure of a year ago 2-fold.