ARMENIA’S TOURIST INDUSTRY TO BE REPRESENTED IN SOCHI

ARKA
May 16, 2008

YEREVAN, May 16. /ARKA/. Armenia’s tourist industry will be
represented during an Armenian-Russian info-tour in Sochi, Russia,
this September-October.

Speaking at the first Armenian-Russian business forum on tourism
and hotel business, Director of the Sochi-based Vesna hotel Asya
Khachaturyan pointed out the need for combined efforts to develop
hotel business in both countries.

She said that bilateral projects of tourist industry development will
be elaborated. "This info-tour is the best opportunity for attracting
Russian tourists to Armenia," Khachatryan said.

A group of businesswomen from the South of Russia, Tatarstan,
Abkhazia arrived in Armenia at the invitation of the Business Center
for Supporting Women. The participants in the forum, which is to last
until May 21, are to visit Armenia’s major tourist centers, namely,
Tsakhkadzor, Jermuk and Dilijan.

The Business Center for Supporting Women was founded in 2005 and
unites about 80 businesswomen.