Turkey will be welcoming Armenian travel agencies to the Travel Turkey Fair, marking the first time that representatives from the country have participated in a trade fair in Turkey.  The Armenian Association of Travel Agents will, for the first time, attend and participate in the Turkey Travel Fair, organized by the Association of Turkish Travel Agents (TÜRSAB), İzmir Fair Services Culture and Art Affairs Trade Inc. (İZFAŞ) and the Hannover-Messe International İstanbul, a fair organizer.

Yeghishe Tanashian, the chairman of the Armenian Association of Travel Agents, will be leading the six-person delegation. According to information from İZFAŞ, the association will be setting up a booth to promote Armenian investment opportunities along with a presentation on tourism destinations in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, another first for the Armenian delegation.

The managing director of İZFAŞ, speaking to an Anatolia news agency reporter yesterday, spoke positively about Armenia participating in the fair, noting that “participation by the Armenians is an important step in bettering relations between the two nations. Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertuğrul Günay will also visit the fair, stopping by the Armenian Association of Travel Agents’ booth. This will send Armenia a message about us, and we hope, as İZFAŞ, to also participate in fairs in Armenia.”
 
Source: Today’s Zaman
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