MEKHAK APRESYAN: ARMENIA HAS THE CAPACITY TO BECOME A TOURISM CENTER
Marianna Gyurjyan

"Radiolur"
09.11.2009 16:38

"I hope the winter will be snowy and many tourists will visit Armenia,"
Mekhak Apresyan, Head of the Tourism and Regional Development
Development Department at the Ministry of Economy, told a press
conference today.

There has been no decline in the field of tourism as a result of the
global crisis. On the contrary, there has been some improvement,
Mekhak Apresyan said, adding that 5.8% growth was registered in
January-September 2009.

Among people who prefer spending their vacations in Armenia are
holidaymakers from Russia, Georgia, countries of the Commonwealth
of Independent States (CIS), Iran, European Union member states,
the U.S., as well as Latin American and Scandinavian countries.

Armenia can become a tourism center, Mekhak Apresyan said, specifying
the main resources that could foster the development of tourism. "We
were the first country to adopt Christianity. We have Noah’s legend.

These can become our brands," he said.

Armenia will benefit from the opening of the Turkey border, Mekhak
Apresyan is confident.