YEREVAN, June 7. /ARKA/. Zarmine Zeytuntsyan,  the head of the State Tourism Committee, an affiliation of the Armenian Ministry of Economic Development and Infrastructure, met today with representatives of travel agencies specializing in adventure tourism to discuss creation of a working group that will be engaged in zoning of areas for adventure tourism in Armenia.

According to her, adventure tourism is interesting for Armenia not only because of  a big  potential, but also because of easily accessible information about it.

She said a study revealed that about 80% of travelers looking for adventure tourism learn all the necessary information through social media, especially from Facebook and YouTube.

According to statistics for 2010-2011, $263 billion were spent on adventure tourism all over the world. The average age of tourists is about 35 years, who spend $900-$100 for one trip. Most of the travelers are men who travel both with families and with friends. -0-