August 6, 2003 - 23:21 AMT
1000-TH ELECTRONIC VISA VISITOR ARRIVING IN ARMENIA
The 1000-th visitor on electronic visa system will arrive to Armenia August 7. As reported by the Armenian MFA press service, it will be Sosi Mazmanian, arriving in Yerevan from the US State of Connecticut. Being the 1000-th receiver of Armenian electronic visa Mrs. Mazmanian will be met by the representative of the Armenian MFA in the Yerevan airport, she will be also given the opportunity to attend the ministry of foreign affairs and meet FM Vardan Oskanian. Armenia is the second country in the world to have enabled the system of providing electronic visas in October 2002 thus considerably easing the receiving of the entry permit for the people wishing to visit Armenia and stimulating the development of tourism in the country.