ARMENIAN TOURISM GAINS FROM A NUMBER OF OBJECTIVE REASONS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
24.07.2009 16:55 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to preliminary data 207 729 tourists
visited Armenia over first half of 2009, Mekhak Apresyan , head of
the department of tourism and regional economic development of the
RA Ministry of Economy told a press conference on Friday.

According to him, the tourism industry undergoes no recession, and
even records a slight growth.

"60 per cent of all tourists visiting Armenia are from the world-wide
Armenian Diaspora, and this year the number of Diaspora representatives
visited Armenia hasn’t also reduced," Apresyan said.

In 2008 most of the tourists visited Armenia were of older age, people
with established habits, who are less affected by the crisis. However,
he noted, that insufficient development of alternative forms of tourism
is the main reason for the lack of interest from younger generation.