Armenia welcomed 1,240,307 tourists from January to July 2026, a 7 percent increase over the 1,159,331 recorded during the same period in 2025, according to the Tourism Committee of the Economy Ministry.
July alone brought 198,709 visitors, a 24.6 percent decline compared to July 2025, when 263,592 tourists arrived in the country, marking the first month in 2026 to fall below its prior-year counterpart.
The July figure also fell short of July 2019’s 202,322 arrivals, making it a weak month by historical standards. The decline pulled the cumulative seven-month total below the January-July 2023 pace of 1,260,869, when Armenia went on to record its all-time annual high of 2.33 million visitors. Through June, 2026 had been running ahead of the 2023 trajectory.
Monthly arrivals in 2026 exceeded their 2025 counterparts in every month from January through June before the July reversal: January saw 179,409 visitors (up from 139,482), February brought 121,285 (up from 117,372), March recorded 152,444 (up from 129,887), April reached 172,705 (up from 123,705), May closed at 199,541 (up from 181,436), June ended at 216,214 (up from 215,253), and July dropped to 198,709 (down from 263,592).
The highest number of tourist arrivals during the January-July period came from Russia (491,403 individuals or 40%), followed by Georgia (180,540 individuals, 15%) and Iran (102,723 individuals, 8%). The top ten source countries also included the United States (24,087; 2%), China (22,934; 2%), Germany (19,968; 2%), Ukraine (18,029; 1.45%), France (15,959; 1.28%), Italy (13,528; 1%), and India (9,807; 1%), with other countries collectively accounting for 26.27 percent of total arrivals. The United States climbed to 24,087 cumulative visitors, overtaking both China and Germany in the seven-month rankings for the first time.
By border entry, Zvartnots International Airport continued to serve as the primary gateway for visitors, accounting for 60 percent of total arrivals, up from 59 percent during the same period in 2025. It was followed by Bagratashen (19%, down from 20%), Bavra (11%, up from 10%), Meghri (7%, up from 6%), Gyumri Airport (2%), Gogavan (2%), and Ayrum (1%).
By gender, men made up approximately 57 percent of all arrivals, while women accounted for 43 percent, continuing a gradual narrowing from the roughly 60-40 split seen in earlier years. In terms of age distribution, the largest group of visitors was working-age adults aged 35-44 at 25 percent, followed by 45-54 (19%), 25-34 (19%), 55-64 (14%), and 65 and older (7%), with younger age groups accounting for the remainder.
Armenia recorded 1.89 million arrivals in 2019, which fell sharply to 375,000 in 2020 due to the pandemic, before rebounding to 870,000 in 2021, 1.67 million in 2022, a record 2.33 million in 2023, 2.21 million in 2024, and 2.26 million in 2025. The head of the Tourism Committee, Lusine Gevorgyan, has stated that Armenia expects to welcome at least 3 million tourists annually within the next five years, a figure equivalent to the country’s population, with projections reaching 5 million within a decade.
