Armenia, Artsakh to be represented at Fitur tourism trade fairJanuary 21, 2014 - 15:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA), along with five Armenian travel agencies, will represent Armenia at Fitur annual international tourism trade fair, which will take place in Madrid, Spain, from January 22-26. Armenia and Artsakh Republic will share a joint booth. This year, an estimated number of 10,000 exhibiting companies from 167 countries, more than 110,000 trade participants and 92,000 people from the general public are expected to take part in the exhibition. With the aim of building up an attractive and multifaceted tourism image of Armenia and Artsakh, visitors will be offered travel guides and maps in Spanish, NCFA public relations office said. The National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA) is an independent entity founded through a partnership between the government of Armenia and a group of global business leaders of Armenian descent. The mandate of the Foundation is to achieve breakthrough development toward national competitiveness in key areas of economic activity through public-private partnerships and mobilization of strategic investments. Top stories 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. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |