Casinos should not be moved to small cities like Jermuk, Sevan and Tsaghkadzor, because these cities have another mission, expert Karine Hakobyan told press conference in Yerevan. "This is a question of ideology and morality. According to the expert, there is no concept of safe development of small towns in Armenia, in particular the concept of safe health and environment. In this regard, she added that tourism has never been a priority industry of developed countries. "If other industries are developed, tourism will be developed as well," she said.

RA NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs on 29 January discussed a package of bills on amendments to the RA Law on Gambling and gambling houses.