INTERNATIONAL TOURISM LAWYERS TO DISCUSS TOURISM HARMONIZATION ISSUES IN ARMENIA
10:23, April 18, 2013
The National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA), the
USAID-funded Enterprise Development and Market Competitiveness (EDMC)
Project, the Armenian Ministry of Economy, the and the International
Forum of Travel and Tourism Advocates (IFTTA) will hold an
international conference on “Harmonization and Issues in European
Travel and Tourism Law: Lessons for Armenia” on April 19-20, 2013 at
the Armenia Marriott Hotel in Yerevan. The conference will also serve
as the Spring Meeting of IFTTA Europe, which will attract 28 leading
tourism lawyers from across Europe and worldwide to visit Yerevan.
Experts are attending from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Finland, Georgia,
Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Russia, Switzerland,
the UK and the USA.
The conference will focus on tourism law issues of particular
relevance to Armenia in an effort to help Armenia avoid the pitfalls
experienced in other countries harmonizing with the acquis
communautaire of the EU.
WHO: US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern
Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan
Chief Executive Officer of NCFA Arman Khachaturyan
President of IFTTA Michael Wukoschitz (Austria)
Three Emeritus Presidents of IFTTA, leading European tourism lawyers
and IFTTA members, Armenian government officials and the international
community.
National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia