  Deputy head of Armenian Travel Agencies Union forecasts tourist inflow increase upon Armenia-Turkey border opening  July 21, 2010 - 18:11 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy head of Armenian Travel Agencies Union Yeghishe Tanashyan forecasts increase in European and American tourists inflow upon opening of Armenia-Turkey border. As he told July 21 news conference in Yerevan, tourists will be interested in visiting Armenia through Eastern Anatolia, instead of paying extra to some transit country to get to Armenia. “The process will stimulate development of tourism in Armenia. We’re already negotiating the issue with our Turkish colleagues,” Yeghishe Tanashyan noted. As he pointed out, last year, 580 thousand tourists visited Armenia, with only 60-100 thousand arriving as a part of group tour.   Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
