YEREVAN. – The Chinese tourism industry professionals’ first acquaintance with Armenia took place in Armenia, in late 2015.

Head of the Tourism Department at the Ministry of Economy of Armenia, Mekhak Apresyan, noted the abovementioned at a press conference on Tuesday.

In his words, over the course of the past two years, Armenia has developed a quite productive cooperation with China. 

And a delegation of representatives from the China National Tourism Administration and ten Chinese tourism agencies had arrived in Armenia at the end of last year.

“Here, they got familiarized with our capability of accepting tourists, and met with members of the association of tour operators of Armenia,” Apresyan added. “This helped them smoothen business contacts.”