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TOURISM SCHOOL TO OPEN IN YEREVAN WITH SUPPORT OF FRANCE
Noyan Tapan
Dec 26 2006
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Ministry of Transport and
Tourism of France will assist with founding a tourism school in
Yerevan. The RA Minister of Trade and Economic Development Karen
Chshmaritian stated this on December 26 at a press conference to
summarize this year's results. According to him, steps to present
Armenia as a tourism country are continuing: an agreement has been
reached with the German airline Lufthansa to provide all planes
of Lufthansa with brochures about Armenia. In addition, in 2007 a
commercial on Armenia will be demonstrated on CNN. In January-September
2006, 272,499 international tourists visited Armenia, which exceeds
by 18.3% the respective index of last year (230,390). If such growth
rates continue, the number of tourists will reach 500 thousand in 2009.
Noyan Tapan
Dec 26 2006
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The Ministry of Transport and
Tourism of France will assist with founding a tourism school in
Yerevan. The RA Minister of Trade and Economic Development Karen
Chshmaritian stated this on December 26 at a press conference to
summarize this year's results. According to him, steps to present
Armenia as a tourism country are continuing: an agreement has been
reached with the German airline Lufthansa to provide all planes
of Lufthansa with brochures about Armenia. In addition, in 2007 a
commercial on Armenia will be demonstrated on CNN. In January-September
2006, 272,499 international tourists visited Armenia, which exceeds
by 18.3% the respective index of last year (230,390). If such growth
rates continue, the number of tourists will reach 500 thousand in 2009.