Armenia May Become Tourist Mecca: Russian Official

ARMENIA MAY BECOME TOURIST MECCA: RUSSIAN OFFICIAL

ARKA
May 7, 2010
YEREVAN

Armenia may become a tourist Mecca, Viktor Krivopuskov, head of
Rossotrudnichestvo (Russian Cooperation) representation in Armenia
and an aide to the Russian embassy in Yerevan, said today.

‘Modern people should know where the human civilization began- it
is Noah’s Ark, Ararat Mount, the Hellenic culture and monuments of
spiritual culture that have had a strong impact on development of
Orthodoxy in the world,’ he said at a news conference today.

According to government data, the number of foreign tourists visiting
Armenia in the first quarter of the year increased by 9.4% year-on-year
to 92.55.

The number of Armenians traveling abroad as tourists grew by 7.1%
to 90,950 people.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS