The number of Iranian tourists visiting Armenian during Nowruz holiday has grown by 8,500.

“This year about 25,000 Iranians visited Armenia on the occasion of Nowruz,” Director of Transportation and Border Points Company of Iranian East Azerbaijan Province, Dariush Javan told IRNA Agency.

According to the Iranian official, for the period of March 19-26 about 25 thousand Iranians crossed the Iranian-Armenian border through Norduz border checkpoint.

According to the data provided by him, the number for the indicated period in previous year was 16, 500.