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ARMENIAN EX-PREMIER: 2013 BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR TOURISM NOT TO HAVE EFFECT
YEREVAN, November 6. /ARKA/. Former Prime-Minister of Armenia,
opposition deputy from Armenian National Congress Hrant Bagratyan
suggests not allocating 50 million of government budget funds for
development of tourism in 2013, as they "won't have any effect".
If the funds are too little to change something in a field, why to
waste them; it is better to spend them in another field where they
could be of more use, Bagratyan said at a parliament hearing on budget.
But the Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan opposed the opposition
deputy. Budget constraints give no way to allocate more for tourism,
but 50 million can still be spent in an efficient manner, he said.
"I don't believe these funds will be spent senselessly. Growth is
recorded in the field every year and new infrastructures are formed,"
the Minister said pointing to 6% growth in tourism by the end of the
first half of the year. -0--
YEREVAN, November 6. /ARKA/. Former Prime-Minister of Armenia,
opposition deputy from Armenian National Congress Hrant Bagratyan
suggests not allocating 50 million of government budget funds for
development of tourism in 2013, as they "won't have any effect".
If the funds are too little to change something in a field, why to
waste them; it is better to spend them in another field where they
could be of more use, Bagratyan said at a parliament hearing on budget.
But the Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan opposed the opposition
deputy. Budget constraints give no way to allocate more for tourism,
but 50 million can still be spent in an efficient manner, he said.
"I don't believe these funds will be spent senselessly. Growth is
recorded in the field every year and new infrastructures are formed,"
the Minister said pointing to 6% growth in tourism by the end of the
first half of the year. -0--