ARMENIA'S INTERNAL TOURISM IS GROWING EVERY YEAR - STATE OFFICIAL
news.am
June 14, 2012 | 16:59
YEREVAN. - Statistics show that internal tourism is growing every
year in Armenia, Economy Ministry's Tourism and Economic Development
Department Chief Mekhak Apresyan told news reporters during a briefing
on Thursday.
He informed that the country's tourism agencies provide many offers
in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
As per Apresyan, Armenia's tourism sector is competitive in the
region, even though there is still lot to do, specifically in terms of
developing the infrastructures. In his words, the country's advantage
as compared with its neighbors is its personnel resource.
Mekhak Apresyan said the tourism prices in Armenia are unchanged and
are not higher than in Georgia. But, according to him, the prices
charged for vacations in Georgia's Black Sea Coast cities of Batumi
and Kobuleti cannot be compared with those charged for mountainous,
or Armenian capital city Yerevan's recreation areas, since coastal
zones have their peculiarities.
news.am
June 14, 2012 | 16:59
YEREVAN. - Statistics show that internal tourism is growing every
year in Armenia, Economy Ministry's Tourism and Economic Development
Department Chief Mekhak Apresyan told news reporters during a briefing
on Thursday.
He informed that the country's tourism agencies provide many offers
in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
As per Apresyan, Armenia's tourism sector is competitive in the
region, even though there is still lot to do, specifically in terms of
developing the infrastructures. In his words, the country's advantage
as compared with its neighbors is its personnel resource.
Mekhak Apresyan said the tourism prices in Armenia are unchanged and
are not higher than in Georgia. But, according to him, the prices
charged for vacations in Georgia's Black Sea Coast cities of Batumi
and Kobuleti cannot be compared with those charged for mountainous,
or Armenian capital city Yerevan's recreation areas, since coastal
zones have their peculiarities.