Yerevan shops afraid of endangering success?

April 5, 2011 - 09:40 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerevan shops are afraid of endangering the success and prefer to keep silence with respect to their successful activity.

20,000 Iranians visited Armenia as part of Nowruz celebration from March 20 to 31.

According to rumors, Iranian tourists have “emptied” Yerevan shops. A PanARMENIAN.Net reporter tried to find out whether the rumors are true. However, employees of many Yerevan shops tried to avoid answering the question whether a growth was recorded in sales within the past two weeks, saying they are not “authorized to answer similar questions.”

Nevertheless, it should be noted that it was difficult to “force way” to Yerevan shops due to flow of foreign visitors recently. Besides, Iranian tourists with brand-name bags were often seen at Yerevan streets.

Armenian experts repeatedly stated that around $20mln enter the Armenian budget during the days of Nowruz celebration.