USAID: tourism in Armenia has high prospects for growth in nearest five years
YEREVAN, March 1. /ARKA/. Tourism, pharmaceutics, information
technology and agricultural business in Armenia will have high
prospects for growth in the nearest five years, USAID Mission Director
in Armenia Karen Hilliard said today at the of the Caucasus Travel
Show-2013 opening ceremony in Yerevan.
She said that the United States Agency for International Development
is proud to promote this event.
Hilliard said that tourism is one of the four USAID-promoted areas in Armenia.
At the same time, she pointed out that there are still some
difficulties in traveling across Armenia and stressed that people
should have an opportunity to get easily to Armenia and they should be
served properly here.
Hilliard said that Armenia's beauty and rich cultural heritage attract
tourists, and removal of the mentioned problems would attract those
who traveled to Armenia to return here again.
The aim of the Caucasus Travel Show-2013 is to spur development of
regional tourism, to attract potential clients and to provide
necessary information to experts, officials and other concerned
entities.
Representatives of foreign travel companies will tour remarkable sites
in Armenia and travel packages will be advertised and sold as part of
the event
The program also includes a labor exhibition for Armenian
universities' students and tourism schools' graduates.
Representatives of hotels, holiday houses, air companies, tourism
schools, nongovernmental organizations and media reporters are
attending the fair's events as well.
The 15th Caucasus Travel Show is organized by Armenian Travel Bureau
and an Armenian branch of a similar U.S. organization under support
>From Armenian economy ministry.
The general sponsor is EDMC program of the USAID. -0-
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From: Baghdasarian
YEREVAN, March 1. /ARKA/. Tourism, pharmaceutics, information
technology and agricultural business in Armenia will have high
prospects for growth in the nearest five years, USAID Mission Director
in Armenia Karen Hilliard said today at the of the Caucasus Travel
Show-2013 opening ceremony in Yerevan.
She said that the United States Agency for International Development
is proud to promote this event.
Hilliard said that tourism is one of the four USAID-promoted areas in Armenia.
At the same time, she pointed out that there are still some
difficulties in traveling across Armenia and stressed that people
should have an opportunity to get easily to Armenia and they should be
served properly here.
Hilliard said that Armenia's beauty and rich cultural heritage attract
tourists, and removal of the mentioned problems would attract those
who traveled to Armenia to return here again.
The aim of the Caucasus Travel Show-2013 is to spur development of
regional tourism, to attract potential clients and to provide
necessary information to experts, officials and other concerned
entities.
Representatives of foreign travel companies will tour remarkable sites
in Armenia and travel packages will be advertised and sold as part of
the event
The program also includes a labor exhibition for Armenian
universities' students and tourism schools' graduates.
Representatives of hotels, holiday houses, air companies, tourism
schools, nongovernmental organizations and media reporters are
attending the fair's events as well.
The 15th Caucasus Travel Show is organized by Armenian Travel Bureau
and an Armenian branch of a similar U.S. organization under support
>From Armenian economy ministry.
The general sponsor is EDMC program of the USAID. -0-
- See more at: http://arka.am/en/news/tourism/usaid_tourism_in_armenia_has_high_prospects_for_gr owth_in_nearest_five_years/#sthash.uvdFx5G3.dpuf
From: Baghdasarian