July 22, 2009 - 17:10 AMT
RA Government aims to stimulate tourism in RA and NKR
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited Aspar Wild Tour travel agency engaged in organization of sightseeing tours in Armenia and NKR since 2006. The agency intends to expand its service range and present itself in a new way, RA Government Press Service reported.

Sargsyan noted that organization's activities are consonant with governmental programs aimed at tourism development and expressed a hope that the programs will be successfully fulfilled through effective collaboration. RA Prime Minister emphasized that to assist travel agents, RA Government launched a number of initiatives, aiming to stimulate tourism in RA and NKR..

Upon viewing introductory film on NKR sights, the Prime Minister met travel agency representatives. Referring to "Low budget tours to Artsakh" package presented on July 8, Sargsyan gave positive assessment to a 3-day introductory visit to NKR and emphasized that further discussions made it possible to discover new possibilities and development perspectives for tourism to NKR.

Prime Minister stressed the importance of joint work between major organizations and travel agencies, as well as establishing of collaboration between RA Government and travel agents.