GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE TOURISM COMPANIES STRIVE TO ESTABLISH CLOSER
COOPERATION

YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. No success is
guaranteed in the tourism sector without a serious cooperation and
unity between the state and private sectors. The RA Deputy Minister of
Trade and Economic Development Ara Petrosian stated this at the first
event on cooperation of tourism represenatives on January 29. In his
words, such events whose purpose is to present the newly created
unions in the tourism sector and to find new ways of cooperation will
become annual.

Suzanna Azoyan, Marketing Director of the Armenian Tourism Development
Agency (ATDA) – the event’s organizer, told NT correspondent that
previously the state torism sector, particularly ATDA, was cooperating
with hotels and tourism agencies separately. According to her,
shifting to the "official" cooperation level will make the work most
efficient.

"All tourism associations in Armenia – incoming tour operators, the
Armenian Airways Office, the unions of Armenian hotels and Armenian
restaurants, and the Guild of Tour Guides of Armenia will now receive
cerificates allowing them to have a "decisive voice" of their sector
in this sphere," S. Azoyan said.