GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE TOURISM COMPANIES STRIVE TO
ESTABLISH CLOSER COOPERATION
30-01-2007 20:00:00 | Armenia | Economy
YEREVAN, JANUARY 30, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. No
success is guaranteed in the tourism sector without a serious
cooperation and unity between the state and private sectors. The
RA Deputy Minister of Trade and Economic Development Ara
Petrosian stated this at the first event on cooperation of
tourism represenatives on January 29. In his words, such events
whose purpose is to present the newly created unions in the
tourism sector and to find new ways of cooperation will become
annual.
Suzanna Azoyan, Marketing Director of the Armenian Tourism
Development Agency (ATDA) - the event's organizer, told NT
correspondent that previously the state torism sector,
particularly ATDA, was cooperating with hotels and tourism
agencies separately. According to her, shifting to the
"official" cooperation level will make the work most efficient.
"All tourism associations in Armenia - incoming tour
operators, the Armenian Airways Office, the unions of Armenian
hotels and Armenian restaurants, and the Guild of Tour Guides of
Armenia will now receive cerificates allowing them to have a
"decisive voice" of their sector in this sphere," S. Azoyan
said.