OREANDA-NEWS. April 06, 2012. According to Tourism Agency, last year travel agencies and tourist operators served 184,6 thou. tourists, which is 14,2% more than in 2010, with data on non-organized tourism being excluded.

Most tourists visiting Moldova last year arrived from Romania (14,8%), Russia (13%); Ukraine (11%), Germany (9,3%), the USA (5,2%); Turkey (4,4%) etc. Over 37% of tourists from Moldova visited Turkey, 31,9% have been to Bulgaria, 9.4% visited Romania, 8,6% have been to Ukraine, 3,4% in Egypt and other countries. Bodies of collective accommodation of tourists served 248,3 thou. people last year of which 69,8% were citizens of Moldova. At present, there are 376 travel agencies and tourist operators in Moldova.

Among 250 bodies of collective accommodation of tourists 86 only are working according classifications of the tourist Agency. There are about 15 thou. places of interest in Moldova, 300 natural territories potentially interesting for tourists, etc.