 15559 tourists visit Artsakh in 2012 March 20, 2013 - 21:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 15559 foreign citizens from 86 countries visited the Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic in 2012, with the number of tourists growing 36.9% as compared with 2011, according to NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Artsakh attracted 49.5% of the tourists from Russia, 8.9% - from the U.S., 6.1 %-from France, and 3.5% - from Iran, karabakh-open.info reported. The country attached special attention to tourism industry in the past few years, with favorable legal, economic and structural conditions created for the development of the sector.   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
