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    FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM IN ARMENIA IRREVERSIBLE

    Noyan Tapan
    May 30 2006

    YEREVAN, MAY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. Over the last seven years, sustainable
    growth has been registered in the Armenian tourism sector: in 2000,
    only 40 thousand tourists visited Armenia, in 2005 their number
    reached 318 thousand, and 370 thousand are forecast to visit Armenia
    this year. Deputy Minister of Trade and Economic Development Ara
    Petrosian stated this on May 25. In his words, the further development
    of tourism in Armenia is irreversible, which in its turn will promote
    development of the whole economy. The deputy minister said that each
    tourist who stays 4-5 days on average in Armenia spends 800-1,000 USD,
    including the price of a plane ticket. In 2006 alone, five 400-room
    hotels were built in Armenia, there are currently about 50 hotels
    in line with international standards and a great number of tourist
    facilities with a total of 4,000 rooms. He underlined that 5-6 years
    ago tourist services were much more expensive in Armenia than now,
    which is the result of an increase in delivery of tourist services
    under conditions of introduction of market mechanisms.

    According to him, those visiting Armenia by plane will find themselves
    in more comfortable surroundings when a new arrival hall of Zvartnots
    Airport is put into operation in late 2006. A. Petrosian considered
    decentralization of service delivery from Yerevan to Armenian marzes
    as a priority for tourism development in the next 6-7 years.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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