Armenia’s ministry of economic development and investments organized on June 20 a round table discussion devoted to the “Our Village” project that aims at organizing annual festivals to feature and sell the agricultural products from Armenia and Artsakh.
The discussion, chaired by Director of the State Tourism Committee of Armenia’s Ministry of Economic Development and Investments Zarmine Zeytuntsyan, brought together the authors of the projects, representatives of the interested state and private structures.
“The festival will help the tourists visiting Armenian as well as the locals to get familiarized with agricultural and cultural specifics of Armenia and Artsakh, discover their achievements promote the small and medium-sized business and boost the internal and external tourism,” Mrs. Zeytuntsyan noted in her remarks.
During the discussion, the possibility of organizing the festival in September-October of the current year in Yerevan was discussed. It is expected that villagers, entrepreneurs, farmers’ groups throughout Armenia’s regions as well as Artsakh will present their products on the sidelines of the festival.