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Armenia has great potential for development of tourism sector - UNWTO Secretary General
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received on Thursday Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Zurab Pololikashvili, the government press service reported. YEREVAN, 12 September. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime ...
09/12/2024Dilijan Wine Festival scheduled for 3-4 August
The resort town of Dilijan in Armenia's Tavush region will host the DILIJAN WINE FEST 2024 wine festival on 3-4 August. YEREVAN, 30 July. /ARKA/. The resort town of Dilijan in Armenia's Tavush region will host the DILIJAN WINE FEST 2024 wine festival on 3-4 August. As the Ministry of Economy informed, the wine festival is organised for ...
07/30/2024Acba-supported Yerevan Wine Days over
Yerevan Wine Days, a weekend wine festival, was held in Yerevan for a third year in a row, supported by Acba Bank YEREVAN, June 11. /ARKA/. Yerevan Wine Days, a weekend wine festival, was held in Yerevan for a third year in a row, supported by Acba Bank. The festival welcomed Armenia’s winemakers, sommeliers, and wine connoisseurs in Yerevan’s Saryan street. The mission of the festival is to present the creativity of Armenian winemakers to the world, as well as to promote exports and present local products at international ...
06/11/2024Acba Bank to sponsor "Yerevan Wine Days" festival until 2027
... tasting of Armenian wines, a large demonstration of local dishes and special guests are planned within the framework of the festival this year. "We are taking steps to make the event tourism in Armenia more attractive. What is important is that Armenia has a wine festival, and people make notes in their calendars to come and become its participants. There are not many festivals in Armenia, but this one and several similar successful festivals give us hope that we will have a country rich in festival entertainment ...
01/16/2024Wine festival with Acba Bank and Visa (VIDEO)
... and sponsor of the festival. Visa international payment system is a partner of the festival with Acba. "In our opinion, this is a very good opportunity for winemakers, wine lovers and in general those who love Yerevan, to "sense" the Armenian capital city. Here you can see people of all ages, who find pleasant things to do and take part in the festivities. If you like friends, if you like wine and having a good time, you should definitely visit the wine festival. We are happy to support this particular event that gives a boost to tourism development. We know that this festival is on the tourism map and there are many people who mark this day in their calendars to be in Yerevan on this day and feel ...
06/06/2023"Wine is a living being": Acba bank assists Matevosyan Wine on all stages of production (VIDEO)
A glass of wine and good mood in the name of one goal - the development of winemaking in Armenia. The largest wine festival of the year opened its doors to producers and lovers of wine, as well as thousands of tourists this past weekend, who gave a special place in their daily routine to the tasting of Armenian wines, the press service of Acba bank reports. ...
06/06/2022Annual Music and Wine Festival held in Armenia with Unibank’s support
The third annual Music and Wine Festival held in Armenia on November 7 was organized at the Voskeni Wines winery in partnership with Unibank OJSC. The event was timed to commemorate the Armenian composers - Alexander Spendiarov and Arno Babajanyan, the press service of the bank said today. YEREVAN,...
11/10/2021Unibank sponsors Music and Wine festival at Voskeni winery in Armenia
On November 7, the Voskeni Wines winery in Armenia will host the third annual Music and Wine Festival, Unibank said today in a press release. YEREVAN, November 4. /ARKA/. On November 7, the Voskeni Wines winery in Armenia will host the third annual Music and Wine Festival, Unibank said today in a press release. It said this time the event ...
11/04/2021Areni village hosts 11th Wine Festival with support of ACBA CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK (video)
It was a holiday in the village of Areni last weekend. YEREVAN, October 10. /ARKA/ It was a holiday in the village of Areni last weekend. For the 11th time this village in the southern Armenian province of Vayots Dzor hosted the Areni Wine Festival, held on the first Saturday of October. Locals and winemakers showcased and treated the guests to their wines throughout the village. Hundreds of tourists enjoyed every moment of the festival, ACBA-CREDIT AFRICOLE BANK, the main sponsor ...
10/10/2019ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK is general sponsor of Areni Wine Festival.
On October 5, the village of Areni in Armenia's Vayots Dzor province will host the Areni Wine Festival. YEREVAN, October 4. /AРКА/. On October 5, the village of Areni in Armenia's Vayots Dzor province will host the Areni Wine Festival. The general sponsor of the traditional event is ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK. The Bank said in ...
10/04/2019Yerevan among top three popular destinations for Russian tourists this fall
... Russian tourists this autumn. The city came third in TouStat ranking, after Minsk and Astana. Almaty, Baku, Tashkent, Kishnev, Bishkek, Dushanbe and Ashgabat are among the most popular destinations for Russian tourists. TouStat reports that an annual wine festival will be held in Armenia's Areni village on October 5. According to TouStat, tourisis spend $40 to $100 a day for meals and accommodation. Russian tourists travel to Minsk and Yerevan mainly for weekend and holidays, and to Astana and Baku for shopping. The ranking ...
10/01/2019Wine worth $6.3 million exported from Armenia in Jan-July 2019 - 41% year-on-year growth recorded
... exported fruit wine worth $6.3 million in Jan-July 2019 accounting for a 41% year-on-year growth, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reported Wednesday on his Facebook page. "Honestly, I considered this product doubtingly before, but the wine festival, held this year in Saryan Street, showed me that Armenian winemakers have managed to raise especially pomegranate wine to an absolutely new level," the premier wrote on his Facebook page. "This kind of products has every chance to become a new Armenian brand." Yerevan Wine Days took place ...
09/04/2019Enjoy ‘Yerevan Wine Days’ with ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK
... ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK is one of the companies that always support local producers. "We also organized the "Areni" Wine Festival. And if ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE Bank had not showed support to the villagers, viniculture would not have developed ... ... Days" every year, about 40% of them being foreign tourists. The event directly contributes to the development of tourism in Armenia. ACBA was established in 1996 as part of EU’s TACIS program. As a result of a long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation ...
05/02/2019Armenian Wine-making and Viticulture Foundation intends to hold international enotourism festival
... tourism) festival in Armenia in 2020, the head of the Foundation Zaruhi Muradyan said today. YEREVAN, December 4. /ARKA/. The Armenian Wine-Making and Viticulture Foundation intends to hold an international enotourism (wine tourism) festival in Armenia in 2020, the head of the Foundation Zaruhi Muradyan said today. She said wine producers from Italy and Austria are already interested in the idea. ‘We hope that our application will be officially presented at the international wine festival slated for 2019 in Spain," she told journalists. Muradyan said the festival would allow to invite more than 400 highly qualified industry experts to the country. She added that work was already underway to create a catalog of Armenian ...
12/04/2018Wine festival in Armenia among top three enogastronomic events in CIS this fall
... States for Russian tourists this fall. Top three popular destinations for Russian gastro tourists in the CIS space are Azerbaijan, Armenia and Moldova, and top three enogastro events in the CIS territory are the pomegranate holiday in Azerbaijan, the wine festival in Armenia’s Areni village and the National Wine Day in Moldova. -0---
10/03/2018Armenian winemakers to showcase their products at Areni festival
... also find markets. Many of them sign contracts with restaurants, cafes and hotels," said Apresyan. This year the special guests of the festival are journalists from China and Germany as well as sommeliers from Germany, Cyprus and France.The Areni Wine Festival is an annual All-Armenian event, traditionally held from 2009 on the first Saturday in October.-0-
10/06/2017Artsakh and Armenia winemakers to showcase their products at wine festival
Dozens of winemakers from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Armenia will showcases their products at the fourth annual Artsakh Wine Festival that will be hosted by the village of Togh on September 16, the Artsakh Tourism Development Organization reported. YEREVAN, August 23. /ARKA/. Dozens of winemakers from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Armenia will showcases their products ...
08/23/2017Fourth Artsakh wine festival to be held in September
Artsakh (Karabakh) will hold its fourth annual wine festival on September 16 in Tog village, Artak Grigoryan, head of project manager of the tourism division of Artsakh’s economy ministry, said on Tuesday. YEREVAN, July 25. /ARKA/. Artsakh (Karabakh) will hold its fourth annual wine festival ...
07/25/2017Armenian traditional festivals attract greater number of foreign tourists
... Festival, conducted in the southern region of Vayots Dzor. YEREVAN, October 7. /ARKA/. According to Mekhak Apresyan, the head of a tourism department at the ministry of economic development and investment, more and more foreign tourists coming to Armenia want to visit traditional festivals, like the barbecue festival in Akhtala in the northern region of Lori or Areni Wine Festival, conducted in the southern region of Vayots Dzor. "In recent years, foreign tourists’ preferences have been changing; if earlier they came to Armenia just to visit the country, now they are planning regional visits trying to visit ...
10/07/2016Armenia becomes attractive destination for tourists from Far East
... Festival Fund Nune Manukyan said various festivals conducted in Armenia also contribute to development of tourism and one of them is Areni Wine Festival, which is being included by tour operators into their packages. According to her, this year’s 8th Wine Festival will be held October 1 with 14 wineries from Armenia and 5 from Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as 100 individual winemakers from different communities of Armenia showcasing their products. World Tourism Day is celebrated annually on 27th of September. It was established by the General Assembly ...
09/27/2016Yerevan to host UNWTO 38th plenary session
... social activities will be held before the working sessions, offering to the participants the possibility to explore the Armenian culture. Among others, participants will have a unique chance to discover authentic gastronomy experience by attending the Armenia Wine festival, take a guided tour of Yerevan city or join the national celebration of the International Tourism Day. According to statistics, in the first quarter the number of tourists visiting Armenia exceeded 252,000 people, which was 8.6% higher than ...
07/14/2016Demolition of old houses in Yerevan may affect tourism development
... in the central part of Armenia’s capital city, particularly in the Pushkin- Abovyan-Arami crossroad. YEREVAN, February 22. /ARKA/. Tour operators and winemakers of Armenia are concerned about demolition of old houses in the central part of Armenia’s capital city, particularly in the Pushkin- Abovyan-Arami crossroad. Nune Manukyan, director of the Areni Wine Festival Foundation, told journalists on Thursday that demolition of old constructions strikes hard directly at tourism in the country. “Tourism and wine industry are to-priority areas in Armenia’s economy,” she said. “But we are losing ...
02/22/2016Northern Avenue in Yerevan to host wine festival November 28-29
The Northern Avenue in downtown Yerevan will host November 28-29 a wine festival that will offer also a tasting of a large variety of Armenia-made wines, deputy minister of agriculture Robert Makaryan said today. YEREVAN, November 25. /ARKA/. The Northern Avenue in downtown Yerevan will host November 28-29 a wine festival that will offer also a tasting of a large variety of Armenia-made ...
11/25/2015Seventh Areni wine festival slated for October 2-4
... Dzor will host the Seventh Wine Festival on October 2-4, Mekhak Apresyan, the head of an economy ministry's tourism department, told a news conference today. He said the goal of the festival is to stimulate development of rural tourism and to present Armenia’s rich wine-making culture and history. The Wine Festival will extend to the nearby community of Rind as well, he said. According to Apresyan, the festival contributes to the development of specific communities, helping to create also jobs. From this point of view, all these festivals are a powerful ...
10/01/2015Wines from 15 Armenian manufacturers showcased at Areni Wine Festival
... Wine Festival, head of Areni Wine Festival Fund Nune Manukyan said. YEREVAN, October 6. /ARKA/. Wines from some 15 Armenian winemakers were showcased at Areni Wine Festival, head of Areni Wine Festival Fund Nune Manukyan said. The sixth Areni Wine Festival was held in Vayots Dzor of Armenia on October 3-5. The aim of the festival is to promote development of rural tourism, to show the rich historical and cultural heritage and to develop tourism in Areni and Vayots Dzor region as a whole. Manukyan also said three new brands of Armenian ...
10/06/2014Contest and testing of wines held in Yerevan as part of Areni Wine Festival
A contest and testing of wines took place in Yerevan as part of the sixth Areni Wine Festival. YEREVAN, October 2. /ARKA/. A contest and testing of wines took place in Yerevan as part of the sixth Areni Wine Festival. The five-day festival was launched on October 1 in Armenia’s Vayots Dzor province. It is organized under support from the Armenian economy ministry, the Armenian Development Agency, the Industry Development Fund, GIZ Company and Areni Festival Fund. Head of the Industry Development Fund Hayk ...
10/02/2014Areni Wine Festival scheduled for October 1-5
... host the Sixth Wine Festival on October 1-5, said today Mekhak Apresyan, the head of an economy ministry's tourism department. Speaking at a news conference he said the goal of the festival is to stimulate development of rural tourism and to present Armenia’s rich wine-making culture and history. He said this year the Wine Festival will extend to the nearby communities of Rind, Areni, Malishka, Yelpin and Yeghegnadzor, which will present the traditional tasting of local wines, various contest for visitors and theatrical performances. Nune Manukyan, head of Areni Festival ...
09/26/2014“Touristic Armenia” magazine awards leaders in tourism industry
... Teghut NGO was considered as the year’s best environmental project. Extreme tourism award was given to Gardman Tour company. Wine festival in Areni was declared the best project to preserve national traditions Imperial Palace and Yerevan Travel won as ... ... developing companies’. The winners received bronze statuettes by Margarita Matulyan and diplomas and prizes from partners of “Armenia Touristic”. Then initiators have promised the awarding ceremony will become an annual event to help boost development ...
09/22/2014Armenia’s Dilijan to host a carpetmaking and handicraft festival
... held in Goris (south of Armenia) on August 23, “Treasures of Odzun” to open in Lori (north of the country) on August 24, the Barbeque Festival to be held in Akhtala (Lori region) on September 6. On October 4 the sixth “Areni” Wine Festival will kick off in Areni village, Vayots Dzor of Armenia. An arts and crafts festival is planned to be held in Giumry (Shirak region). The ministry of economy says 495,967 tourists visited Armenia in the first half of this year, an increase of 17.3% compared to the same period of 2013. Number of Armenian ...
08/14/2014Sixth ‘Areni’ wine festival to open in Vayots Dzor of Armenia on October 1
The sixth ‘Areni’ wine festival will be held in Vayots Dzor of Armenia on October 1-5, the governor of Vayots Dzor region Edgar Ghazaryan said. YEREVAN, August 14. /ARKA/. The sixth ‘Areni’ wine festival will be held in Vayots Dzor of Armenia on October 1-5, the governor of Vayots Dzor region Edgar ...
08/14/2014Fifth Areni wine festival to attract 10,000 people
... around 10,000 people, Mekhak Apresian, head of an economy ministry’s department dealing with tourism and regional development, said today adding also that this year’s festival is to promote tourism development of the region. The first Areni wine festival was held in 2004 by USDA and Tufenkian Hospitality with the aim to present the ancient Armenian tradition of winemaking. This year the festival will extend also to two neighboring villages of Rind and Yeghegnadzor. Some 12 local wineries and 40 wine making households will showcase their products. Apart from being a showcase for great ...
10/03/2013Parakar wine exhibition to allow consumers to learn more about Armenian wines
... however only five winemaking companies, located close to the Armenian capital city, responded positively. Ms. Manukian said the organizers plan to hold this event every month because it will benefit both producers and consumers who could once a month buy Armenian wine cheaper than in supermarkets. She noted also that the wine festival in Parakar is often confused with the annual Wine Festival in the village of Areni in Vayots Dzor. "The Areni Festival is the culmination of the ‘winemaking’ year; it is visited by many foreign tourists and sommeliers ...
08/16/2013GeoProMining helped the handicapped to participate in wine festival in Armenia
... its corporate social responsibility program “Resources for benefits”, GPM provided them with transport, meals, accommodation thus enabling them to participate in a short-term national holiday,” the source states. It is the third year the wine festival in Areni has been held with the support of Ministry of Economy within the ecological tourism development program. Besides degustation of the best Armenian wines, the festival was also full of folk festivities and an entertaining cultural program. Over 10,000 people, including the state administration and foreign guests, took part in this event. The goal of the festival is to present the rich ...
10/09/2012Armenia’s economy minister to promote “Armenian wines” brand
... export by three times. Mirzoyan highlighted that brand wines will contain both, Armenian and imported varieties of grape. It is also planned to open a laboratory that will monitor quality of brand wine production. On his side, a director of “Areni Wine Festival” Fund Nune Manukyan said Armenia faces an issues with the quality of grape processing. “We have grape of a high-quality, but we lose some quality while we process it. That’s why we have to modernize this sphere,” Manukyan said. Armenian experts say the Armenian wine ...
10/02/2012Experts of French wine academy to consult Armenian peers
... viticulture, will advise Armenian winemakers, Emin Yeritsian, the chairman of the Union of Legal Entities ‘Association of Communities of Armenia’, told a news conference at Novosti International Press Center. He said French experts will arrive in Armenia to participate in Wine Festival held annually in the Armenian village of Areni in southern province of Vayots Dzor. They will be shown local production and then are expected to develop and offer their proposals for promotion of the festival. He also said a six-year contract ...
09/28/2011Wine festival to take place in the Armenian village Areni on October 8, tourists will be waiting for a lot of surprises
... thousand. Wild grape in Areni was grown from earlier Bronze Age. Now more than 20 types of grape is grown in the village. Annually, 300 tons of wine “Areni” is produced in the village which is sold in Armenia and abroad. It is planned that the wine festival in Armenia in 2011 will take place in the context of archeological finding of wine-making in the village Areni. During the study of the cave “Areni-1”, international group of archeologists discovered the earliest evidence of wine-making in the ...
09/28/2011ARENI VILLAGE TO HOST WINE FESTIVAL
On Saturday the village of Areni in the southern Vayots Dzor province will host a wine festival. YEREVAN, October 14, /ARKA/. On Saturday the village of Areni in the southern Vayots Dzor province will host a wine festival. The first Areni Wine festival was held in 2004 by USDA and Tufenkian Hospitality with the aim to introduce an ancient Armenian tradition of winemaking to the World. Mekhak Apresian, head of an economy ministry’s department dealing with tourism and regional development, said today this year’s festival is to promote tourism development of the region. Zhirayr ...
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