Tourism revenues amounted to about $1 billion in 2016, head of Armenia's State Tourism Committee Zarmine Zeytuntsyan told reporters on Tuesday, December 19.

"Each tourist spends some $700-800 in Armenia on average, Zeytuntsyan said, according to Aysor.am.

According to her, figures for 2017 are unavailable for now, bit given that tourist arrivals grew 21% this year, revenues are expected to increase too.

Also, Zeytuntsyan said the majority of tourists come from Russia, Georgia, Iran, the United States and Ukraine.