On March 8, Armenia’s Minister of Economic Development and Investments Suren Karayan and French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Jean Marc Ayrault signed a memorandum in Paris through which they agreed on contributing to the development and strengthening of cooperation between Armenia and France in the tourism sector.

In particular, Armenia and France initiate:

-Exchange of skills and experience in spheres of common interest

-Improvement of hosting and security conditions for tourists in both countries

-Mutually promoting tourism destinations through media, involvement of tourism agencies and presentation of tourism routes

-Thematic cooperation development in tourism sector, in particular, in the felds of culture, ecotourism, professional education, mountainous tourism and rural tourism

-Promotion of mutual investments and cooperation between private tourism sectors of two countries

-Mutual promotion of handicraft, cultural and artistic products of two countries within the frames of local and national events

-Every activity on strengthening the bilateral cooperation on tourism affairs, as well as the professional education, digital technologies or air communication.