Chief Executive Officer of National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA) Pegor Papazian said that Southern Corridor strategic project will definitely increase the number of tourists visiting Armenia.

The project will create favorable conditions for investors and specialists in the field of tourism, who in their turn will attract new tourists, Papazian told journalists.

The projects of Tatev and Jermuk have caused certain interest among foreign tourists.

According to Papazian, the project specifically presents a scheme for usage of territories, specifying zones where hotels can be constructed, as well as zones where such construction should be forbidden.

Papazian stressed that the project envisages prevention of restaurants and hotels construction near historical and cultural sites.

Southern Corridor includes territories from Vayots Dzor province’s Areni wine-making region to Tatev-Goris region; they were divided by specialists into five clusters – Yeghegnadzor, Sisian, Goris, Tatev and Jermuk.