STATISTIC DATABASE IN SPHERE OF TOURISM BEING IMPROVED IN ARMENIA
ArmInfo
2009-02-03 17:25:00
ArmInfo. The working group set up to improve the statistic tourism database
of Armenia held its first sitting. Head of Tourism Department at Armenian
Economy Ministry Mekhak Apresyan told ArmInfo correspondent that the sitting
of the working group set up within the frames of the Armenian Tourism
Development Conception for 2009-2012 by the decree of Armenian Economy
Minister Nerses Yeritsyan was held on February 2.
Mekhak Apresyan said that the working group includes representatives of the
Economy Ministry, Migration Department under the Territorial Administration
Ministry, National Statistical Service of Armenia, General Department of
Civil Aviation, Armenian Tourism Development Agency, USAID-funded
Competitive Armenian Private Sector Project.
According to Apresyan, at the initial stage the working group intends to
research the existing statistical data, introduce amendments in some
legislative acts, improve and enlarge the database. "The potential of high
technologies at customs points of the country will allow us to considerably
enlarge and specify the base, as well as the statistical data calculation
methods in the sphere of tourism",- he said. Apresyan stressed that the
settlement of this problem will allow gradually introducing a satellite
system in Armenia.
To recall, the Armenian Government approved the Tourism Development
Conception for 2009-2012 in October 2008. The activities stipulated in the
document for 2009-2012 aim to improve the regulating legal field, develop
tourism infrastructures, implement structural reforms, represent Armenia as
a tourism country in international markets, as well as to attract
investments and improve the transport communication. According to the
forecasts in the Tourism Development Conception, 1.5 mln tourists will visit
Armenia in 2020, and 3 mln in 2030.
According to the National Statistical Service of Armenia, about 560 thsd
tourists visited Armenia in 2008, this index being by 9.4% higher than in
2007. 516 thsd people left Armenia for tourism purposes in 2008, this index
being by 10.3% higher than in 2007.