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FROM YEAR TO YEAR ARTSAKH BECOMES MORE ATTRACTIVE TO FOREIGN TOURISTS
March 4, 2015 13:17
In recent years, tourism sphere of Artsakh has recorded a significant
progress. And the fact that Artsakh is a part of the international
tourism, already indicates of the great achievements in the field.
STEPANAKERT, MARCH 4, ARTSAKHPRESS: The Adviser of the Head of the
Department of Tourism and Historic Environment Preservation of the NKR
Government Artak Grigoryan told the aforementioned in the interview
with "Artsakhpress".
"According to statistics, during the period from 2007 to 2013 the
number of foreign visitors to Artsakh has grown by an average of 40
percent. These statistical data refer only to the foreign citizens,
that visited Artsakh. Data exclude the number of visitors to Armenia,"
Grigoryan said.
If before independence there were 4 hotels in the country, after
the declaration of independence high-class hotels with high level of
customer service have been built continuously over the years.
Currently, 42 hotel facilities with 1187 sleeping places, more than
25 equipped resorts are functioning in the country, the infrastructure
has been improving.
Tourism is a major source of imported foreign exchange. Thus,
according to the observations of the Department of Tourism and Historic
Environment Preservation, during 2014 tourists spent an amount nearly
equal to 6.4 million US dollars.
Additionally, Grigoryan assured that NKR is a very attractive country
for investments - the legislative framework is completely formed,
there are low interest rates for investments, flexible tax policy is
implemented. Close collaboration exists between the government and the
private sector in order to promote investment in the tourism sphere.
"It should be noted that Artsakh has a great tourism potential.
Marketing and infrastructure development complex projects are being
organized to make this potential more recognizable and competitive and
Artsakh - more attractive to foreign tourists," said the authorized
representative of the sphere.
During the last 10 years NKR has attended major international
tourism exhibitions (Berlin, London, Moscow, Paris, Milan, Rimini,
Madrid). In these exhibitions all the visitors and organizations, who
are interested, are provided with the necessary information about the
NKR tourism potential, informative literature, CDs of films are handed
out as well. Moreover, the tourism potential of the NKR is presented
in the Internet, particularly through the website www.karabakh.travel
and the official pages in the main social networks.
Referring to the recent comments of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's
Press Service's Head Khikmet Gadzhiev in the interview to "Trend"
news agency, that there is allegedly a security problem for tourists
in Artsakh, A. Grigoryan noted that since Karabakh has been a part of
the international tourism, the safety of all the tourists visiting the
country is guaranteed, and no tourist faces a threat or any kind of
danger in Artsakh, so Azerbaijani official's statements are complete
disinformation.
"The so-called" black list" created by Azerbaijan is nothing like a
violation of human rights of free movement, obtaining and dissemination
of information, enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Along with the aforesaid, the "black list" contradicts a number of
fundamental principles set out in the Global Code of Tourism Ethics,
the International Tourism Charter, the Charter of the UN World Tourism
Organization and others," Grigoryan concluded.
http://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/13624/from-year-to-year-artsakh-becomes-more-attractive-to-foreign-tourists.html
From: Baghdasarian
March 4, 2015 13:17
In recent years, tourism sphere of Artsakh has recorded a significant
progress. And the fact that Artsakh is a part of the international
tourism, already indicates of the great achievements in the field.
STEPANAKERT, MARCH 4, ARTSAKHPRESS: The Adviser of the Head of the
Department of Tourism and Historic Environment Preservation of the NKR
Government Artak Grigoryan told the aforementioned in the interview
with "Artsakhpress".
"According to statistics, during the period from 2007 to 2013 the
number of foreign visitors to Artsakh has grown by an average of 40
percent. These statistical data refer only to the foreign citizens,
that visited Artsakh. Data exclude the number of visitors to Armenia,"
Grigoryan said.
If before independence there were 4 hotels in the country, after
the declaration of independence high-class hotels with high level of
customer service have been built continuously over the years.
Currently, 42 hotel facilities with 1187 sleeping places, more than
25 equipped resorts are functioning in the country, the infrastructure
has been improving.
Tourism is a major source of imported foreign exchange. Thus,
according to the observations of the Department of Tourism and Historic
Environment Preservation, during 2014 tourists spent an amount nearly
equal to 6.4 million US dollars.
Additionally, Grigoryan assured that NKR is a very attractive country
for investments - the legislative framework is completely formed,
there are low interest rates for investments, flexible tax policy is
implemented. Close collaboration exists between the government and the
private sector in order to promote investment in the tourism sphere.
"It should be noted that Artsakh has a great tourism potential.
Marketing and infrastructure development complex projects are being
organized to make this potential more recognizable and competitive and
Artsakh - more attractive to foreign tourists," said the authorized
representative of the sphere.
During the last 10 years NKR has attended major international
tourism exhibitions (Berlin, London, Moscow, Paris, Milan, Rimini,
Madrid). In these exhibitions all the visitors and organizations, who
are interested, are provided with the necessary information about the
NKR tourism potential, informative literature, CDs of films are handed
out as well. Moreover, the tourism potential of the NKR is presented
in the Internet, particularly through the website www.karabakh.travel
and the official pages in the main social networks.
Referring to the recent comments of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry's
Press Service's Head Khikmet Gadzhiev in the interview to "Trend"
news agency, that there is allegedly a security problem for tourists
in Artsakh, A. Grigoryan noted that since Karabakh has been a part of
the international tourism, the safety of all the tourists visiting the
country is guaranteed, and no tourist faces a threat or any kind of
danger in Artsakh, so Azerbaijani official's statements are complete
disinformation.
"The so-called" black list" created by Azerbaijan is nothing like a
violation of human rights of free movement, obtaining and dissemination
of information, enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Along with the aforesaid, the "black list" contradicts a number of
fundamental principles set out in the Global Code of Tourism Ethics,
the International Tourism Charter, the Charter of the UN World Tourism
Organization and others," Grigoryan concluded.
http://artsakhpress.am/eng/news/13624/from-year-to-year-artsakh-becomes-more-attractive-to-foreign-tourists.html
From: Baghdasarian