YEREVAN, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. Since 2000, about 50 tourists from the French city of Valence visit Ijevan every year. Mayor of Ijevan Varizhan Nersisian stated this during the May 18 press conference. According to him, Ijevan and Valence have been sister-cities for 10 years. With the assistance of the Valence mayor's office, since 2000, French experts in tourism have been invited to Ijevan under the program on cooperation between the two cities in the tourism sector. On their advice, about 70 apartments have been repaired and furnished in Ijevan, as the city lacks the appropriate hotels to accomodate a large number of tourists. V. Nersisian said that thanks to the assistance of the Valence mayor's office, French teachers from Ijevan underwent training in France, as well as some young people from Ijevan - students of Yerevan Linguistic University after V. Bryusov were provided the opportunity to attend courses for transaltors and tour guides in France.

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