DUSHANBE (TCA) — In the first half of this year, more than 163 thousand foreign tourists visited Tajikistan, spending almost US $82 million in the country, Avesta news agency reported citing Adkham Abdullozoda, the chairman of the Committee of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism of Tajikistan.
According to Abdullozoda, in the first half of 2016, 209,511 foreign citizens visited Tajikistan, 163,988 of them arrived as tourists. Last year, 414 foreign tourists visited Tajikistan. In Abdullozoda’s words, the economy of Tajikistan received $81.994 million from foreign tourists, $8.361 million more than in the first half of last year. Abdullozoda earlier …read more
Source: The Times of Central Asia
