Tourists spent $1 billion in Armenia in 2016December 19, 2017 - 17:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 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. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. |