ACCORDING TO PREDICTIONS, MORE THAN 450 THOUSAND TOURISTS TO VISIT ARMENIA IN 2007

Noyan Tapan
Jul 23, 2007

YEREVAN, JULY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. According to predictions, more than
450 thousand tourists will visit Armenia in 2007. Mekhak Apresian,
the Head of the Tourism Department of the RA Ministry of Trade and
Economic Development, stated at the July 21 press conference. He said
that the number of tourists, who visited Armenia in the first quarter
of this year made 71 thousand, which is more by 41%, as compared with
the same period of the previous year.

In M. Apresian’s words, complex events are implemented in order to
present Armenia as a stable country favorable for entrepreneurial
activity, investments, including tourism. In particular, foreign
journalists’ and tour-operators’ cognitive visits to Armenia are
organized, Armenian tour-operators take part in authoritative
international tourism exhibitions, as well as from September 2006
two video clips about Armenia are shown by CNN and from May this year
also by the Euronews TV company.

Touching upon Armenian citizens’ visiting foreign countries as
tourists, he said that "they more visit Armenia than leave Armenia."