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FEWER IRANIAN TOURISTS EXPECTED IN ARMENIA
Haykakan Zhamanak, Armenia
March 19 2013
[Translated from Armenian]
Yerevan, 19 March: In an interview with Haykakan Zhamanak daily,
the head of the Tourism and Economic Development of the Armenian
Economy Ministry, Mekhak Apresyan, expressed hope that the number of
Iranian tourists coming to Armenia during Nowruz [Iranian New Year]
holiday will be as same as 2012.
However, travel agencies forecast a sharp tenfold drop in the number
of [Iranian] tourists. A travel agency said that this year two buses
crossed the Iran-Armenia border daily. Last year during the same
period, however, the figure stood at 10.
Each Iranian visiting Armenia during the Nowruz holidays on
average spent 1,000 US dollars. This greatly helped to prevent the
devaluation of the dram. However, this beneficial effect will diminish
significantly this year.
It should be noted that the dollar exchange rate against Armenian dram
in exchange offices of Yerevan amounted to 416. Last year during the
same period, however, the exchange rate was lower, which was the result
of the great volume of foreign currency brought in by Iranian tourists.
Haykakan Zhamanak, Armenia
March 19 2013
[Translated from Armenian]
Yerevan, 19 March: In an interview with Haykakan Zhamanak daily,
the head of the Tourism and Economic Development of the Armenian
Economy Ministry, Mekhak Apresyan, expressed hope that the number of
Iranian tourists coming to Armenia during Nowruz [Iranian New Year]
holiday will be as same as 2012.
However, travel agencies forecast a sharp tenfold drop in the number
of [Iranian] tourists. A travel agency said that this year two buses
crossed the Iran-Armenia border daily. Last year during the same
period, however, the figure stood at 10.
Each Iranian visiting Armenia during the Nowruz holidays on
average spent 1,000 US dollars. This greatly helped to prevent the
devaluation of the dram. However, this beneficial effect will diminish
significantly this year.
It should be noted that the dollar exchange rate against Armenian dram
in exchange offices of Yerevan amounted to 416. Last year during the
same period, however, the exchange rate was lower, which was the result
of the great volume of foreign currency brought in by Iranian tourists.