Kocharian: Number Of Tourists Visiting Armenia Increasing

KOCHARIAN: NUMBER OF TOURISTS VISITING ARMENIA INCREASING

PanARMENIAN.Net
10.11.2006 15:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In 2007 the number of tourists visiting Armenia
will exceed 500 thousand, Armenian President Robert Kocharian told
reporters yesterday during the opening ceremony of Multy Rest House
hotel complex in Tsaghkadzor. President Kocharian remarked that the
"development of tourism is impossible if proper attention is not paid
to the ecology issues."

"No tourist will come to have a rest in unattractive conveniences,"
the President said adding that the ecological state of Tsaghkadzor
has considerably improved.

According to the Armenian Statistical Service in January-September of
2006 over 270 thousand tourists visited Armenia. As compared to 2005
the number of tourists increased with 18.3%, reports newsarmenia.ru.