Hakob Hakobyan: 2010 appears promising for tourismJune 12, 2010 - 13:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The year of 2010 appears promising for tourism, according to Hakob Hakobyan, chairman of the Armenian Hotel Association. “Presently, the hotels in the center of Yerevan are almost half-filled. In the height of the season they will be crammed,” he told a news conference on June 12. As to prices, Hakobyan thinks that they are affordable for the tourists arriving in Armenia, amounting to 60 euro in average. He added that for internal tourism the prices are really “high a bit”, but presumed that “an Armenian family can have a weekly rest in an Armenian resort for $400-500.” Hakobyan said “the prices in Armenia should not be compared with those in Turkey, which hosts 300 000 tourists from Russia annually.” “A country like Armenia can’t accept a large number of tourists,” he said. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |