Yerevan becomes top summer tourist destination for Russians

YEREVAN, AUGUST 12, ARMENPRESS. Yerevan has been the most preferred summer destination for Russian tourists, with the dynamics of visits growing around a quarter times, RIA Novosti reported citing statistics issued by Tutu.ru, a Russian online travel platform.

Analysts used June 1 – October 1 2019 tickets and bookings and compared it with the previous year’s data.

“Yerevan became the most demanded foreign direction this summer, in the event when the number of those wanting to spend the summer in Georgia decreased nearly twice,” experts of the company said.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan