Tourism revenues are up 211.8% y-o-y to USD 5.3 bn in 9M2017, a government official told Reuters. The increase in tourism revenues came on the back of increased arrivals of 55.3% y-o-y to 5.9 mn and a rise in tourists’ average spending to USD 88.2 per night. European tourist arrivals increased by 85% y-o-y to 3.2 mn in the nine-month period.
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