YEREVAN. – For the first time Armenia’s capital city Yerevan will become the venue for a conference, which will be convened under the auspices of United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), on October 18-19, Economy Minister Tigran Davtyan said during a press conference on Monday.  

The event will bring together the ministers from the world’s tourism organizations. As per Davtyan, this is an unprecedented format for Armenia.

Also, the CIS countries’ tourism ministers will hold a meeting along the lines of this conference.  

In his turn, Armenia’s Deputy Economy Minister Ara Petrosyan noted that the conference discussant will also adopt the Yerevan Declaration, whereby this event will enter history.

The conference is entitled “Universal Values and Cultural Diversity in the 21st Century.”