DUSHANBE, January 4, 2016, Asia-Plus — More than 463,700 foreigners visited Tajikistan last year and 413,834 of them visited the country as tourists, according to the Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism Affairs under the Government of Tajikistan.
In 2015, Tajikistan earned 206.917 million U.S. dollars from tourism, an official source at the Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism Affairs told Asia-Plus in an interview.
The number of foreign tourists visiting the country has increased due to peace and stability in Tajikistan, improvement of tourism service quality, and rise in foreigners’ awareness of Tajikistan and its sights, the source added.
