Armenia to be represented at International French Travel MarketSeptember 23, 2014 - 13:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On September 23-26, 2014 the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA), along with local travel agencies, will represent Armenia at Top Resa leading International French Travel Market in Paris. This year, some 1200 exhibitors and 30000 industry professionals of around 160 tourist destinations are expected to take part in the exhibition, which will feature Armenia’s rich cultural, historical and Christian heritage in travel guides and maps in French the NCFA said in a press release. NCFA said its participation in this major exhibition aims to promote Armenia’s tourism opportunities at the European markets, increase Armenia’s visibility as an attractive travel destination and contribute to the growth of tourist inflow. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |