HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS ONE TOUR PACKAGE FOR REGIONAL VISITOR

YEREVAN, March 19. / ARKA /. The Armenian office of Heifer Project
International (HPI) presented today an EU-supported program designed
to promote innovative rural tourism in the Black Sea basin region.

Called “One tour package for regional visitors”, it allows European
tourists to visit Armenia, Georgia, Turkey and Bulgaria, Anahit
Ghazanchyan, director of the Armenian branch of Heifer Project
International, said today during the presentation of the package.

She said the purpose of the package is to present this region as
a whole, so that tourists get a general idea about it. The package
offers 10 different tourist destinations, each including all these
four countries.

According to her, the project will build effective and replicable
networks of capable local service providers in rural tourism, as
well as will help travel agencies to co-develop market and sell a
new unique tourist product that encourages interflows of visitors
intra-regionally.

It is supposed also to contribute to cooperation between national
authorities in the region aimed ultimately to sustaining the
cross-border impacts of rural tourism. She said a relating website
was also created.

Head of EU Delegation to Armenia Traian Hristea, said the projects
aimed at the development of rural tourism and rural communities
of Armenia will be long-lasting. Hristea said in April another
EU-supported project will be unveiled for Armenia, designed to support
production of organic food.

” One tour package for regional visitors ” was developed as part of
the program “Promotion of Innovative Agri-tourism.” It is co-financed
by the European Union in the amount of 473,000 euros through the
European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument. The program started
in November 2013; its duration is 18 months.-0-