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    402,223 TOURISTS ARRIVED IN ARMENIA IN NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR

    ARMENPRESS
    Dec 1, 2008

    YEREVAN, DECEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS: During the nine months of this year
    402,223 tourists arrived in Armenia against 370,731 of the same span
    of the past year.

    National Statistical Service told Armenpress that in the same period
    of time 392,775 people left Armenia for tourism purposes.

    In the mentioned period of time 46 hotels of the republic received
    56,654 tourists 28 percent more as compared with the same span of
    the past year. About 345,569 tourists stayed at relatives' houses or
    rented apartments.

    According to reports of the hotels, 25.1 percent of tourists were
    from CIS countries, the rest from European and other countries. The
    number of tourists who arrived from Russia reached 17.6 percent, from
    EU countries 38.5 %, from USA 17.3%, from Iran 6%, from Turkey 1.3%
    and from Canada 1.5 %.

    About 8,931 people left Armenia through tourism organizations (7.6
    percent more as compared with the past year); 383,844 people left
    the country on their own.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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