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% tourism growth planned in Armenia in 2010
27.03.2010 15:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 5% growth is stipulated by 2010 tourism development
program in Armenia; a number of events aimed at tourist flow increase
are envisaged, the head of tourism management department at RA
Ministry of Tourism Mekhak Apresyan said.
As he told a news conference in Yerevan, world crisis made a strong
impact on tourism growth in Armenia. Before 2009, it amounted to
20-25%, while in 2009 the figure went down to 3%.
As Mekhak Apresyan stated, Armenia has infrastructure development
-related tasks, such as service quality and personnel qualification
improvement.
Nevertheless, significant progress was registered in tourism
infrastructure over the last years. `Here are some figures, allowing
to assess the level of infrastructure development in Armenia: in 2000,
only 3-4 hotels could host foreign tourists, while at present there
are over 170 hotels and other facilities all over Armenia to meet
modern standards,' he emphasized.
27.03.2010 15:55 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ 5% growth is stipulated by 2010 tourism development
program in Armenia; a number of events aimed at tourist flow increase
are envisaged, the head of tourism management department at RA
Ministry of Tourism Mekhak Apresyan said.
As he told a news conference in Yerevan, world crisis made a strong
impact on tourism growth in Armenia. Before 2009, it amounted to
20-25%, while in 2009 the figure went down to 3%.
As Mekhak Apresyan stated, Armenia has infrastructure development
-related tasks, such as service quality and personnel qualification
improvement.
Nevertheless, significant progress was registered in tourism
infrastructure over the last years. `Here are some figures, allowing
to assess the level of infrastructure development in Armenia: in 2000,
only 3-4 hotels could host foreign tourists, while at present there
are over 170 hotels and other facilities all over Armenia to meet
modern standards,' he emphasized.