MONASTERY OF TATEV TO BECOME A TOURISM CENTER
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
18.06.2009 17:47 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ One of the main goals of the National Competitiveness
Foundation (NCF) is improving the quality of tourism services
and attracting as much tourists as possible. Another goal of the
foundation is to transform the Armenian Tourism Development Agency
(ATDA) in the National Tourism organization, Armen Hovhannisyan,
a representative of NCF said at the third forum "Competitiveness of
the Armenian Tourism Industry".
According to him, the program on rehabilitation of the Tatev monastery
complex is elaborated under auspices of NCF and will be completed
by 2012-2013.
The program is aimed at restoring the monastery complex and turning
it into the center of historical sites. It is projected to create
educational and research center in the region of Syunik which will
help to develop spiritual, scientific, and educational life.
Development of tourism industry and agro-business in the region
are among the goals of the program. It is also projected to create
facilities of basic services both within the monastery complex and
in the neighborhood to ensure sustainable development of Tatev’s
population. The only cableway is projected to be stretched via Vorotan
gorge to ensure easy access to Tatev.
"We don’t want waste words, that is why we start our activities today
and we are able to fulfill them," representative of NCF said.
Over the last year ATDA issued some 13.300 brochures and disseminated
them abroad, participated in some tourism related events in Italy,
France, Japan, representative of ATDA Susanna Azoyan informed the
forum participants.
According to her, ATDA has already representatives in Italy and
France. "Road Show" program is projected to implement, and Italian
tour operators will show different options of promotion of Armenian
products on the international markets.