RA DEPUTY ECONOMY MINISTER: ARMENIA TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE OVER 600,000 TOURISTS TILL LATE 2008

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2008-08-08 12:38:00

ArmInfo. Armenia will be able to receive over 600,000 till late, 2008,
RA deputy Economy Minister Ara Petrosyan said during the ceremony of
presentation of USAID/CAPS certificates to the students of Yerevan
HPPs.

‘The number of tourists visiting Armenia grows by 20% every year. It
is quite real to expect that the tendency will be preserved this year
as well’, A. Petrosyan said. To preserve the growth rate, he said,
it is necessary to enhance the professional level of the tourist
sphere employees, the guides, first of all.

To recall, 510,000 tourists visited Armenia in 2007 that exceeded
the indicator of 2006 (388,000) by 33,5%. By the data of the National
Statistical Service of Armenia, 207,5 thsd tourists visited the country
in the first half year, 2008 Ð~H®¤ , that exceeds the indicator of
the first half year, 2007, by 13% (183,000).

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