Armenia named best MICE tourism destination in 2017December 9, 2017 - 15:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has been recognized as the best direction of the year for business tourism from Russia, the Armenian Embassy in Russia announced. The BBT (Buying Business Travel) Russia & CIS Award ceremony - an international event for recognizing the outstanding achievements in the field of business tourism - was held in Moscow on Thursday, December 7. In the prestigious international competition, Armenia presented the "OK Armenia" project with assistance from the Armenian Embassy in Russia. According to the results of voting of the professional jury, Armenia was recognized as the "Best Foreign MICE Direction" in 2017. Georgia, Italy, France and the United Arab Emirates were also nominated in that category. Meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions, or Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Events (MICE) is a type of tourism in which large groups, usually planned well in advance, are brought together for a particular purpose. Related links: 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. |