About 806 thousand tourists visited Armenia in the first five months of the year. Minister
According to the data of the first five months of this year, approximately 806 thousand tourists visited Armenia, ARMENPRESS reports, Economy Minister Vahan Kerobyan informed in a post on his Facebook page.
The Minister said that he participated in the Sheep Shearing Festival in Khot settlement of Syunik region.
"I am very happy that such events are organized and we are able to strengthen and activate our communities, show the importance of local businesses in communities.
Tourism in Armenia is developing quite well now, and according to the data of the first five months, we have approximately 806,000 tourists, but I must say that domestic tourism is also very important," Kerobyan wrote.
He also noted that the Ministry, together with the Tourism Committee, supports more than two dozen festivals every year, one of which is this festival.
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