ACCORDING TO FORECASTS, ABOUT 450 THOUSAND TOURISTS TO VISIT ARMENIA IN 2007
Noyan Tapan
Apr 11 2007
YEREVAN, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN. According to forecasts, in 2007 the
number of tourists to Armenia will amount to 450 thousand. The RA
Deputy Acting Minister of Trade and Economic Development Ara Petrosian
stated this at the opening ceremony of the 4th two-day conference
dedicated to problems of Armenian tourism’s competitiveness.
According to him, the achievements of the Armenian tourism sector and
the strategical program of tourism development will be presented at
the conference, whose participants will also discuss the key factors
of the sector’s competitiveness.
In the words of Mekhak Apresian, Head of the Tourism Department of
the RA Ministry of Trade and Economic Development, in 2004-2006,
the average annual growth of tourists to Armenia made 20%. He said
that this index is the result of active cooperation of all parties
interested – state and private bodies of the tourism sector.
The event has been organized on the initiative of the RA Ministry
of Trade and Economic Development, the Armenian Tourism Development
Agency (ATDA), and the USAID Competitive Armenian Private Sector
(CAPS) Program.