50m drams to be spent for Armenia’s tourism development in 2012
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Armenia will spend in 2012 as much budgetary funds for tourism
development as in 2011, Deputy Minister of Economy Ara Petrosyan told
Tert.am.
Petrosyan said that next year those funds will again be mainly spent
to organize exhibitions, ads – both in Armenia and abroad, as well as
for organizing the visits of representatives of prestigious
publications to Armenia.
Armenia spent around 50 million drams (approx. $135,000) for the
development of tourism in 2011.
`But the focal point of organizationational activities will be the UN
Wolrd Tourism Organization’s ministerial conference to be held in
Yerevan in autumn in 2012,’ said Petrosyan.
He also said till February 2011 it was the Comptetitive Private Sector
in Armenia program by the UN Agency for International Development that
contributed to the development of tourism in Armenia.
Ara Petrosyan further said that as of now it will be the Enterprise
Development and Market Competitiveness EDMC program of the UN Agency
for International Development that will assist Armena’s tourism
sector.
Tert.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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