ARMENIA AND GEORGIA TO REPRESENT TRANSCAUCASIA FOR FIRST TIME IN CBI PAVILION AT INTERNATIONAL TOURISM EXHIBITION IN URECHT ON JANUARY 9-13

Noyan Tapan
Oct 23, 2007

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian Tourism Development
Agency (ATDA) has signed a 8-year cooperation agreement with the
Dutch organization CBI (Centrum tot Bevordering van de Import uit
ontwikkelingsladen) adjunct to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the Netherlands. Gohar Mirzoyan, ATDA coordinator of exhibitions,
told NT correspondent that under this agreement, Armenia together
with Georgia will have an opportunity to represent Transcaucasia in
CBI pavilions at international tourist exhibitions. In her words,
CBI representatives organized seminars and trainings for 13 Armenian
and Georgian tour operators in Armenia in the summer of 2007.

G. Mirzoyan said that ATDA and 4 Armenian tourist companies will
display information about Armenia for the first time in a CBI pavilion
during the annual international tourism exhibition to be held in the
Dutch city of Utrecht in January 2008. "Participation in this and other
exhibitions in this format may prove much more beneficial to Armenia
as potential partners always give preference to countries and tourist
companies presented in the pavilion of this famous organization,"
ATDA representative noted.

According to her, tourist companies from 100 countries will take
part in the exhibition to be held in Utrecht on January 9-13. Besides
Armenia, representatives of 24 countries will be included in CBI.