Armenian tourism recorded growth of 11,3 percent

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, ARMENPRESS. In the nearest future the number of the tourists visiting Armenia can be over 1 million. In a conversation with "Armenpress" the Head of the Tourism Department of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Mekhak Apresyan stated that they have recorded a growth in the sphere of tourism in the Republic of Armenia. 843,330 tourists visited Armenia from January to December 2012. This number exceeds the results of the previous year for 11,3 percent. Also he mentioned: "If we preserve the present tempo, than in future the number of tourists visiting Armenia will reach 1 million."

Among other things the Head of the Tourism Department of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Mekhak Apresyan noted that the previous year was successful not merely in the respect of the increasing number of the tourists, but in the respect of the development of the infrastructures and hotel constructions as well. Mekhak Apresyan underscored: "Several new hotels have been built both in Yerevan and regions in the previous year. This condition is also of a certain importance for the development of tourism." Notwithstanding he highlighted that the construction of several hotels still continues and they also can be exploited in the end of the current year.