armenia and iran share extensive touristic ties. about 35,000 iranian tourists visited armenia in the first half of 2014, of a total of 495,967 tourists that had come to armenia in the first half of 2014. this showed an increase of 17.3% compared to the same period last year. in 2014, iran ranked 4th in the largest number of tourists that visit armenia, behind russia (44% of the total number of tourists), georgia (28%), and the eu (germany, france, italy and scandinavia). as of 2014, iranian tourists amounted up to 7% of the total number of foreign tourists visiting armenia.