Over 16 thousand tourists visited Karabakh in 2015

December 31, 2015 By administrator

Karabakh tourist According to the 2015 statistics, more than 16 thousand tourists have visited the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR, or Artsakh).

Head of the Tourism Department at the NKR Ministry of Economy, Deputy Minister Sergey Shahverdyan, told the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He added that about 14 thousand tourists had visited the country in 2014.

“The Artsakh hospitality and historical and cultural centers attract the tourists,” Shahverdyan said. “In addition, today we are able to provide tourists with corresponding hotel conditions.”

Artsakh has different types of tourism, including modern military-history tourism.

“Mostly, they come to Artsakh from the CIS countries, Iran, France, the US,” Sergey Shahverdyan added. “People who are interested in our culture.”

An as per Arusyak Adamyan, a tour guide working in the NKR, tourists visit Artsakh primarily to get familiarized.

“The [hotel accommodation] prices vary,” Adamyan said. “As a rule, tourists mostly come [to Artsakh] in summer. But this year there were many tourists in the New Year, too.”

Tourist in Turkey becoming very dangerous tourist murdered or raped yet another raping Russian tourist in Antalya

July 14, 2015 By administrator

ANTALYA – Doğan News Agency

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A hotel employee has been arrested for allegedly raping a Russian tourist in Turkey’s Mediterranean province of Antalya. Report Hurriyet

The 22-year-old hotel technician, identified only by the initials Ö.A., was arrested on July 13 on allegations of raping the 21-year-old Russian woman staying in the hotel, located in the Çamyuva neighborhood of Antalya’s Kemer district.

The man allegedly entered the woman’s room at around 05:30 a.m. on July 13 using a hotel master key.

The Çamyuva Gendarmerie Station forces later arrived to detain Ö.A. after the woman informed the hotel administration of the incident.

Armenia, About 200,000 tourists expected in Yerevan on 24 April 100th Genocide centennial

February 19, 2015 By administrator

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Genocide memorial

Next April to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide Yerevan will host hundreds of thousands of tourists with a large majority of Diaspora Armenians. The hotels in the Armenian capital full display. This is the statement Hrach Hagopian, founder of the polling company and market research “Oliver Group”. Hrach Hagopian says “According to our estimates, 24 April, nearly 200 000 tourists will be present in Armenia with many Armenians from the diaspora. Yerevan is ready to welcome them but during more than a month hotels and apartments for rent in Yerevan will be overwhelmed by this mass of tourists. And even though the number of tourists is only 100,000, anyway, the sector of the Republic of services and Yerevan will be the big beneficiary of this arrival of visitors, “concludes H. Hagopian.

Krikor Amirzayan