ArmInfo. Amazing developments are taking place in Armenia's tourism sector. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced this at a government meeting on May 7.
According to him, in April of this year alone, there was a 39% increase in tourist visits to the country compared to April 2025. Since the beginning of 2026, compared to January-April of the previous year, this figure will be 34%. "I have asked several times how realistic these figures are, but I have been assured of the veracity of the information provided," Pashinyan said.
Commenting on the above figures, RA Minister of Economy Gevork Papoyan emphasized that the ministry receives data from authorized agencies on visitors crossing the country's borders. Even a truck driver who spends a couple of days in Armenia is considered a tourist. This, Papoyan noted, is a generally accepted international standard.
The minister also listed the countries with the largest tourist flow, noting the diversification of their geography. For example, while in January-April 2023, the share of tourists from Russia was 52%, this year this figure dropped to 36%. In 2024, tourists from the Russian Federation also predominated (42%). At the same time, there has been an increase in visits from India, Italy, France, China, the United States, Germany, Ukraine, Iran, and Georgia. For example, while in 2019, the number of tourists from Italy in the total tourist flow was 0.4%, this figure has now increased to over 1%.
Against this backdrop, the prime minister pointed to the country's tourism boom, which will continue and grow, and all the preconditions for this are in place. Tourism company executives, the prime minister continued, must be very attentive to this process, as it involves significant financial flows that they must channel to their companies.
