Armenia’s tourism industry lacks professionals – public figureJune 14, 2012 - 13:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s tourism sector is in need of professionals, head of Association of Tour Operators of and Tourism Institute's rector said. “Armenia lacks cooks, waiters and other service industry professionals,” Robert Minasyan said, stressing the need to choose target countries and groups to foster development of tourism in the country. “Russia tops the list of target countries for Armenia. We must also try to attract tourists from Italy and Germany,” Tourism Institute rector said, noting Iran as another good source of income. Mr. Minasyan undercoated the necessity to create a brand for Armenia to raise better awareness on the country. “Mount Ararat may serve as a wonderful brand, for instance,” he said. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |