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MORE THAN HALF OF TOURISTS IN ARMENIA ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF ARMENIAN DIASPORA
Arminfo
2007-04-09 15:43:00
More than half of the tourists in Armenia (57,1%) are representatives
of the Armenian Diaspora, the specialists of the "Competitive Armenian
Private Sector" (CAPS) Programme, financed by USAID, concluded. The
polls were conducted among those arriving in and leaving Armenia
in September-December, 2006, the market expert of CAPS, Armine
Yeghizaryan, told journalists during the meeting today. According
to her, these data are intermediate, since the observations will be
completed in August, 2007. The 4-months polling results have shown that
Russia takes the first place by the number of tourists visiting Armenia
- 36% of all the tourists and 47% of the Diaspora representatives.
Russia is followed by the tourists from Georgia, Iran, USA, France and
Germany. Over half of the visitors are men of middle age. Incidentally,
the tourists stay in Armenia for about 22 days and spend $1131 on
average, while the representatives of Diaspora live here for about 26
days and spend $1162,6 on average. The most of tourists (51%) visit
Armenia for rest and pastime. In whole, they are satisfied with the
services rendered, but not with the high prices and the poor state
of infrastructures.
Arminfo
2007-04-09 15:43:00
More than half of the tourists in Armenia (57,1%) are representatives
of the Armenian Diaspora, the specialists of the "Competitive Armenian
Private Sector" (CAPS) Programme, financed by USAID, concluded. The
polls were conducted among those arriving in and leaving Armenia
in September-December, 2006, the market expert of CAPS, Armine
Yeghizaryan, told journalists during the meeting today. According
to her, these data are intermediate, since the observations will be
completed in August, 2007. The 4-months polling results have shown that
Russia takes the first place by the number of tourists visiting Armenia
- 36% of all the tourists and 47% of the Diaspora representatives.
Russia is followed by the tourists from Georgia, Iran, USA, France and
Germany. Over half of the visitors are men of middle age. Incidentally,
the tourists stay in Armenia for about 22 days and spend $1131 on
average, while the representatives of Diaspora live here for about 26
days and spend $1162,6 on average. The most of tourists (51%) visit
Armenia for rest and pastime. In whole, they are satisfied with the
services rendered, but not with the high prices and the poor state
of infrastructures.