Number of tourists visiting Belarus increases by 14.5%

Compared with 2010, the number of tourists who visited Belarus in organized groups in 2011-2014 increased by 14.5%, BelTA reports with reference to the National Statistical Committee.

Last year our country was visited by more than 137 thousand people. Most of them were citizens of Russia - more than 111,000 (82.3%). Among the countries exotic for Belarus are Brazil - 16 people, Algeria - 7, Bangladesh and Sudan - 4, Oman - 3, Cameroon and Kuwait - 2, Bolivia, Guatemala and Peru - one each.

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