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CHANGE IN STATE DUTY RATES MAY HELP RAISE COMPETITIVENESS OF ARMENIAN TOURISM
Noyan Tapan
Nov 9, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. As a result of a change in the rates
of the state duty, in addition to the entry visa for 120 days with the
state duty of 15 thousand drams (.4), an entry visa for 21 days with
the state duty of 3,000 drams has been established in Armenia. As Head
of the Tourism and Territorial Development Department of the Ministry
of Economy Mekhak Apresian said at the November 9 press conference,
this change may significantly help raise the sector's competitiveness.
"It will also have a positive effect on the formation of a tourism
package's competitive price," he underlined.
As regards the price policy, M. Apresian said it should be revised.
"The private sector forms the prices, while as a result of revision
of the price policy, a considerale part of domestic tourists would
prefer to spend their holidays in Armenia," M. Apresian noted, adding
that the state should create the respective conditions and indirectly
affect the price policy.
However, according to him, the problem is not in high prices, but
in the fact that the population is not informed about services at
moderate prices. He said this gap is conditioned by the problem
related to the hotel services - tour operator cooperation.
Noyan Tapan
Nov 9, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN. As a result of a change in the rates
of the state duty, in addition to the entry visa for 120 days with the
state duty of 15 thousand drams (.4), an entry visa for 21 days with
the state duty of 3,000 drams has been established in Armenia. As Head
of the Tourism and Territorial Development Department of the Ministry
of Economy Mekhak Apresian said at the November 9 press conference,
this change may significantly help raise the sector's competitiveness.
"It will also have a positive effect on the formation of a tourism
package's competitive price," he underlined.
As regards the price policy, M. Apresian said it should be revised.
"The private sector forms the prices, while as a result of revision
of the price policy, a considerale part of domestic tourists would
prefer to spend their holidays in Armenia," M. Apresian noted, adding
that the state should create the respective conditions and indirectly
affect the price policy.
However, according to him, the problem is not in high prices, but
in the fact that the population is not informed about services at
moderate prices. He said this gap is conditioned by the problem
related to the hotel services - tour operator cooperation.