During this period of the year, an unprecedented growth in the number of tourists visiting Tigranakert has been recorded. According to the latest data, as compared to the previous year, the growth has amounted to 220% and as compared to 2015 – 70%, informed the Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Artsakh Sergey Shahverdyan. “The total number of tourists visited Artsakh has also increased compared to the previous year by 40%, and to 2015 – by 20%. The mainstream of the foreign tourists comes from Russia, USA, and European countries”, he noted.
As stated by him, there is no question of tourist infrastructures in Artsakh and the current conditions are sufficient for the existing flow of the tourists. Referring to such activation of tourism, Sergey Shahverdyan has conditioned the situation by the following factors: “The increase of the visiting tourists is primarily conditioned by the factor of the efforts made by the National Committee of Tourism of Armenia, which is directed at involving Artsakh in tourist directions actively. In parallel with it, in the case of the Russian tourists, the opportunity to enter Armenia via domestic passport has served as a stimulation”, reported the deputy minister and added that throughout the season, a continual flow of tourists is to be expected.
Davit ABAGHYAN
