"COUNTRY OF SPEAKING STONES" EXHIBITION TO CONTINUE
Panorama.am
20:37 03/11/2007
The seventh showing of the "Country of Speaking Stones" tourism
exhibition will continue. In this year’s exhibition, 48 organizations
are participating, of whom 20-30% are from the regions of Armenia. The
exhibition, which kicked off on November 2, will continue until
November 4.
A. Petrosyan, vice-minister of trade and economic development, said
it was important that the exhibition move to the distant provinces of
Armenia. "We have had great successes in these areas. This growth is
due to realized programs sponsored by the government and our ministry,
which stimulate tourism in these regions," the vice-minister said.
Present at opening ceremonies was tourism development director Nina
Hovnanian-Aleksandryan, said that the participation of representatives
from the provinces and from neighboring countries was a positive sign.
"If we work hard, and cooperate with each other, we will stimulate
the development of the tourism industry," she said.
We point out that the exhibition has the purpose of stimulating local
and foreign tourism. In separate pavilions, tourism agencies from
the regions of Armenia, as well as Karabakh, will be presented, not
to mention from Georgia and Adjaria. The exhibition was organized by
the local office of ASTA (American Union of Travel Agencies), AATA
(Armenian Union of Travel Agencies), and ADTA (Armenian Agency of
Tourism Development). The exhibition has taken place since 2000.