ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 5 2007
Long-term program of tourism development to be elaborated in Armenia
by the end of year
YEREVAN, October 5. /ARKA/. A long-term program of tourism
development will be elaborated and submitted for the government’s
approval by the end of this year, Armenian Minister of Trade and
Economic Development Nerses Yeritsian said at his meeting with the
students of the Armenian State Economic University.
According to him, the staff of the ministry currently works over the
development of the program in certain target directions together with
the representatives of private sector and public organizations.
The program is to be implemented during 30 years, which is sufficient
time for the development of the required infrastructures and real
estate fund, Yeritsian said.
He pointed out that a cluster approach is applied in elaboration of
the document, and the efficiency of the measures will be assessed
based on two main indicators – number of tourists and duration of
their stay in the country. These two indicators will demonstrate both
the effectiveness of the measures and the level of tourism
development in Armenia, the Minister said.
According to Armenia’s National Statistical Service, the number of
tourists visited Armenia in January-June 2007 increased 36.3% as
compared with the same period of 2006 and reached 181,200 people
against 132,900 people in January-June 2006. N.V. -0 –