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WORLD TOURISM DAY SHOULD BECOME PROFESSIONAL HOLIDAY FOR INDUSTRY'S PERSONNEL
ARKA
Sep 27, 2011
YEREVAN, September 27. / ARKA /. World Tourism Day should become
a professional holiday for Armenia's tourism industry's personnel,
Robert Minasian, chairman of the Union of Armenian Travel Agencies,
said today when speaking at a news conference.
The World Tourism Day was established by the General Assembly
of the World Tourism Organization in 1979 in the Spanish city of
Torremolinos. The purpose of the holiday is to promote tourism and
highlight its contribution to the global economy, help the development
of relations between peoples of different countries. This year's
event is taking place under the motto "Tourism unites cultures."
Mr. Minasian, who is also the rector of the Armenian Institute of
Tourism (it is a branch of Russian International Academy of Tourism)
said Armenia celebrates this day for the third consecutive year at
the government level, which he said indicates the importance the
government attaches to the development of this sector.He said the
sector is facing serious tasks, stemming from sector development
concept implying an increase of foreign tourists visiting Armenia up
to 3 million, domestic tourists up to 1.5 million and the number of
beds in hotels up to 51,000.
According to the National Statistical Service, the number of tourists
visiting Armenia in January-June 2011 increased by 15.6% compared to
the same period in 2010 and amounted to 266,155 people. At the same
time, as evidenced by the statistics, during the reporting period the
number of Armenian tourists travelling outside Armenia increased by
18% from a year earlier to 274,621 people.
ARKA
Sep 27, 2011
YEREVAN, September 27. / ARKA /. World Tourism Day should become
a professional holiday for Armenia's tourism industry's personnel,
Robert Minasian, chairman of the Union of Armenian Travel Agencies,
said today when speaking at a news conference.
The World Tourism Day was established by the General Assembly
of the World Tourism Organization in 1979 in the Spanish city of
Torremolinos. The purpose of the holiday is to promote tourism and
highlight its contribution to the global economy, help the development
of relations between peoples of different countries. This year's
event is taking place under the motto "Tourism unites cultures."
Mr. Minasian, who is also the rector of the Armenian Institute of
Tourism (it is a branch of Russian International Academy of Tourism)
said Armenia celebrates this day for the third consecutive year at
the government level, which he said indicates the importance the
government attaches to the development of this sector.He said the
sector is facing serious tasks, stemming from sector development
concept implying an increase of foreign tourists visiting Armenia up
to 3 million, domestic tourists up to 1.5 million and the number of
beds in hotels up to 51,000.
According to the National Statistical Service, the number of tourists
visiting Armenia in January-June 2011 increased by 15.6% compared to
the same period in 2010 and amounted to 266,155 people. At the same
time, as evidenced by the statistics, during the reporting period the
number of Armenian tourists travelling outside Armenia increased by
18% from a year earlier to 274,621 people.