Armenia among top 10 popular destinations for Russian tourists,  according to results of  first nine months of 2025

ArmInfo.  Armenia has made it into the top 10 most popular destinations for Russian  tourists based on the results of the first nine months of 2025, as  reported by RIA Novosti, citing data from the Unified  Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System (EMISS).

According to EMISS, during the reporting period 806,000 Russian  tourists visited Armenia, thus ranking our country in ninth place  among popular destinations. Following Armenia is Uzbekistan with  513,000 tourists.

However, half of all trips made by Russian citizens abroad in  January-September of this year were to Turkey, Abkhazia, and  Kazakhstan. China, the UAE, Egypt, Georgia, and Thailand are next on  the list, according to the source. It should be noted that, according  to the Statistics Committee, 713,479 tourists from the Russian  Federation visited Armenia in the first 9 months of 2025, which is  3.7% lower than the same period last year.