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ARMENIAN HAND-MADE CARPET FACTORY INITIATES INCLUSION OF FAME TOURS IN TOUR PACKAGES
YEREVAN, March 31. /ARKA/. Hand-made carpet factory "Megheryan
Carpet" presented a project to include Armenian carpet weaving in
tour packages Friday.
The factory will be organizing familiarization tours to present the
history and the traditions of one of the oldest arts in Armenia -
carpet weaving - to tourists who will have also a chance to taste
Armenian cuisine during the tour, head of production and commerce of
the factory Leonid Andreasyan told reporters. The tours will be free
and the factory is ready to cooperate with any tour agency, he said.
Head of tourism at Armenia's ministry of economy Mekhak Apresyan said
local tour operators will be interested in the offer. Tourists will
also have an opportunity to buy carpets, he said.
Apresyan said Armenian tour operators are offering similar fam tours
in their packages, but these tours should become more wide-spread.
Head of Union of Armenian Tour Operators Karine Davoyan said the
project is very attractive for tourists and is part of tour packages
of the Union-member companies. -0--
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YEREVAN, March 31. /ARKA/. Hand-made carpet factory "Megheryan
Carpet" presented a project to include Armenian carpet weaving in
tour packages Friday.
The factory will be organizing familiarization tours to present the
history and the traditions of one of the oldest arts in Armenia -
carpet weaving - to tourists who will have also a chance to taste
Armenian cuisine during the tour, head of production and commerce of
the factory Leonid Andreasyan told reporters. The tours will be free
and the factory is ready to cooperate with any tour agency, he said.
Head of tourism at Armenia's ministry of economy Mekhak Apresyan said
local tour operators will be interested in the offer. Tourists will
also have an opportunity to buy carpets, he said.
Apresyan said Armenian tour operators are offering similar fam tours
in their packages, but these tours should become more wide-spread.
Head of Union of Armenian Tour Operators Karine Davoyan said the
project is very attractive for tourists and is part of tour packages
of the Union-member companies. -0--
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/tourism/armenian_hand_made_carpet_factory_initiates_inclus ion_of_fam_tours_in_tour_packages/#sthash.BV8LvZ6C.dpuf