Matenadaran to have more visitors

Panorama.am

14:53 27/12/2008

MATENADARAN TO HAVE MORE VISITORS

`This year the number of visitors to Matenadaran increased by 3000,’
said the director of Matenadaran Hrachik Tamrazyan to Panorama.am. He
said that foreign tourists formed the majority of the visitors, which
is the evidence of tourism development in Armenia.

`I am happy to see that the interest towards our culture has been
increased. Foreigners are much interested in Matenadaran,’ he said.

Note that 17.000 manuscripts are kept in Matenadaran and 13.000 of
them are Armenian manuscripts.

Source: Panorama.am