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ARMENIAN TOURISM RECORDED GROWTH OF 11,3 PERCENT
10:11, 5 February, 2013
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, ARMENPRESS. In the nearest future the number of
the tourists visiting Armenia can be over 1 million. In a conversation
with "Armenpress" the Head of the Tourism Department of the Ministry
of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Mekhak Apresyan stated that
they have recorded a growth in the sphere of tourism in the Republic
of Armenia. 843,330 tourists visited Armenia from January to December
2012. This number exceeds the results of the previous year for 11,3
percent. Also he mentioned: "If we preserve the present tempo, than in
future the number of tourists visiting Armenia will reach 1 million."
Among other things the Head of the Tourism Department of the Ministry
of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Mekhak Apresyan noted that
the previous year was successful not merely in the respect of
the increasing number of the tourists, but in the respect of the
development of the infrastructures and hotel constructions as well.
Mekhak Apresyan underscored: "Several new hotels have been built both
in Yerevan and regions in the previous year. This condition is also of
a certain importance for the development of tourism." Notwithstanding
he highlighted that the construction of several hotels still continues
and they also can be exploited in the end of the current year.
10:11, 5 February, 2013
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, ARMENPRESS. In the nearest future the number of
the tourists visiting Armenia can be over 1 million. In a conversation
with "Armenpress" the Head of the Tourism Department of the Ministry
of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Mekhak Apresyan stated that
they have recorded a growth in the sphere of tourism in the Republic
of Armenia. 843,330 tourists visited Armenia from January to December
2012. This number exceeds the results of the previous year for 11,3
percent. Also he mentioned: "If we preserve the present tempo, than in
future the number of tourists visiting Armenia will reach 1 million."
Among other things the Head of the Tourism Department of the Ministry
of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Mekhak Apresyan noted that
the previous year was successful not merely in the respect of
the increasing number of the tourists, but in the respect of the
development of the infrastructures and hotel constructions as well.
Mekhak Apresyan underscored: "Several new hotels have been built both
in Yerevan and regions in the previous year. This condition is also of
a certain importance for the development of tourism." Notwithstanding
he highlighted that the construction of several hotels still continues
and they also can be exploited in the end of the current year.