GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LECTURERS PASS THEIR EXPERIENCE TO ARMENIAN TOURISM MANAGERS

Noyan Tapan

M arch 17, 2009

YEREVAN, MARCH 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Tourism management courses will be
conducted by lecturers of George Washington University (US) in Yerevan
on March 17-24.

The lecturers have many years’ experience in tourism, hospitality and
entertainment and will give advice on brand formation as well. The
courses are being conducted by George Washington University in
cooperation with the USAID-financed Competitive Armenian Private
Sector (CAPS) project and the American University of Armenia (AUA),
and are aimed at providing modern information to tourism managers,
enabling them to be prepared to overcome the challenges of today’s
tourism sector.

The Head of the Tourism and Territorial Economic Development Department
of the RA Ministry of Economy Mekhak Apresian said on the first day
of the courses that Armenia has implemented a lot of programs on
development of the tourism sector in recent years. "One of the major
tasks of state policy is to encourage the development of Armenia’s
tourism by using human resources," he stated.