YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. 250 mln drams (about 694 thousand USD) has been allocated to the tourism sector by the 2007 RA state budget, and this sum will be used to promote the Armenian tourism in the world. The RA Deputy Minister of Trade and Economic Development Ara Petrosian told NT correspondent about this. In his words, this year CNN will continue demonstrating two commercials on Armenia. The Armenian Tourism Development Agency (ATDA) and tour operators will again participate in international tourism exhibitions. The deputy minister said that it is envisaged to continue the implementation of the program aimed at the sector's development in Tsakhkadzor. According to Mekhak Apresian, Head of the ministry's Tourism Department, "Euronews" television channel will start broadcasting commercials about Armenia from April. He noted that so far private tourism companies have not received state financing in Armenia. "Limited resources from the state budget are mainly used to form the image of Armenia, which is also beneficial for the private sector of tourism industry: the state aims to advertise Armenia and present it as an attractive tourism place on the international market," M. Apresian said.

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