The number of citizens of Armenia who headed to Turkey has dropped by 0.76 percent and comprised 34,864 people, in January-July 2012.

A total of 9,216 citizens of Armenia went to Turkey in July 2012, and this is 621 less as compared with the same time period last year, Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned from Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry. 

But the greatest drop in January-July 2012 was recorded among the citizens of Syria. A total of 331,864 Syrians citizens visited Turkey over that period, and this is a 39-percent reduction as compared with past year’s same time period. Citizens of Iran are second, but likewise with a 39-percent drop.  

To note, 72,393 citizens of Armenia headed to Turkey in 2011, and this number was 4.5-percent more than in 2010.