COVID-19: Many hotels in Armenia are mothballed due to lack of tourists Monday, March 30 2020 17:52:00
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 ArmInfo. The hotel business continues to incur losses due to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. According to the Chairman of the Tourism Committee of the Republic of Armenia Susanna Safaryan at a March 30 press conference, many hotels in Armenia are almost mothballed due to the lack of tourists. |
Monday, March 30 2020 17:28
ArmInfo.The situation with coronavirus has undermined the tourism sector of Armenia. According to the chairman of the Committee on Tourism of Armenia Susanna Safaryan at a March 30 press conference, in the first three months of this year, Armenia lost about 175 thousand tourists compared to the same period last year. Losses of the tourist field have not yet been calculated, however, according to Safaryan, it is worth considering that each tourist spends $ 770 on average in Armenia. Thus, this figure may exceed $ 134 million. >>> |
Monday, March 30 2020 16:32
ArmInfo. As part of the global response to the coronavirus outbreak, the European Commission stands by Eastern partner countries and has reallocated 140 million EUR for the most immediate needs in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine. In addition, the Commission will also redirect the use of existing instruments worth up to 700 million EUR to help mitigate the socio-economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, the official website of the Organization informs. >>> |
Monday, March 30 2020 16:22
ArmInfo.During an extraordinary meeting on March 30, the Government of the Republic of Armenia unanimously adopted the 8th package of anti-crisis measures to support employees and individual entrepreneurs of the most vulnerable areas of economic activity in the context of the coronavirus epidemic. >>> |
Monday, March 30 2020 12:21
ArmInfo.The Prosperous Armenia Party held an extraordinary meeting on March 29, during which it was decided to submit to the government 7 anti-crisis proposals to stabilize the situation in the country. >>> |
Saturday, March 28 2020 15:40
ArmInfo. The Government of Armenia presented the second package of measures to neutralize the economic consequences of the pandemic of the coronavirus (COVID-19). >>> |
Friday, March 27 2020 16:45
ArmInfo. The Government of the Republic of Armenia presented an updated list of economic activities, which temporarily prohibited by decision of the Commandant's Offfice under emergency conditions. Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Avinyan announced this on his Facebook page. >>> |
Friday, March 27 2020 11:32
ArmInfo.The crisis associated with the spread of coronavirus will lead to dramatic changes in all spheres of human activity. This opinion was expressed by the founder of the Troika Dialog company, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ruben Vardanyan in an interview with RBC. >>> |
Friday, March 27 2020 10:55
ArmInfo. Travel portal TurStat has presented a rating of the best cities in the CIS for virtual tours and trips, virtual tours of museums and attractions in cities and CIS countries. >>> |
Friday, March 27 2020 08:54
ArmInfo.The state intends to pay one-time grants to small businesses, which, under the prevailing difficult conditions, have survived without reducing the number of employees and wages in the period from January 1 to April 1 this year. This decision was unanimously adopted during the meeting of the Government of Armenia on March 26. >>> |
Thursday, March 26 2020 18:10
ArmInfo. As part of the small business assistance package, the state will provide a loan of up to 50 million drams, with a maturity of 3 years, and a grace period of the first 6 months. This became known during the meeting of the Government of Armenia on March 26. >>> |
Thursday, March 26 2020 16:41
ArmInfo.The package of assistance to agriculture in Armenia provides for the zeroing of interest rates for a number of previously programs being implemented with state support. The Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan announced this on March 26 during the government meeting, presenting a package of state actions to the agricultural sector, which was unanimously approved. >>> |
Thursday, March 26 2020 15:30
ArmInfo.On March 26, the Armenian government unanimously approved a package of state assistance to business proposed by the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia. >>> |
Thursday, March 26 2020 14:59
ArmInfo."No matter how strange it sounds, but we have good news regarding the implementation of the budget," said Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a government meeting on March 26. In this regard, he said that following the results of the first quarter of this year, Armenia will exceed the budget in terms of tax revenues by 5 billion drams. <And in this regard, >>> |
Thursday, March 26 2020 13:54
ArmInfo.In the comprehensive RA program to prevent the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, the re-equipment of the health system is a priority. This was stated on March 26 during a meeting of the Government of Armenia by Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan. >>> |
Wednesday, March 25 2020 17:37
ArmInfo. Tomorrow at a government meeting, we will consider a package on the provision of large-scale assistance to agriculture and business. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan stated this from the rostrum of the parliament. >>> |
Wednesday, March 25 2020 17:13
ArmInfo. Armenia is discussing within the EAEU a temporary ban on grain exports introduced in Russia in connection with the situation with coronavirus. On March 25, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan announced this from the rostrum of the parliament. >>> |
Wednesday, March 25 2020 16:10
ArmInfo. In Armenia in January-February 2020, economic activity increased by 8.7% compared to the same period in 2019, against previous year's 6.5% growth. According to preliminary data of the RA Statistical Committee, y-o-y growth was provoked to a greater extent by the industrial sector and the energy complex. >>> |
Wednesday, March 25 2020 16:00
ArmInfo.The "Spayka" company engaged in cargo transportation, alarms that the issue of transit through the territory of Georgia remains unresolved. >>> |
Wednesday, March 25 2020 14:33
ArmInfo. As part of the livestock development program for 2019-2024, 159 cattle were imported into Armenia. As the press service of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia reports, in total, within the framework of this program, financial institutions provided 406 million drams for the purchase of 315 heads of pedigree cattle. >>> |
Tuesday, March 24 2020 21:06
ArmInfo.Over the next five years, Armenia will have to occupy 1% of the global economy. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced this on March 24 in his address. According to him, Armenia has real prerequisites to improve its performance in the global economy. As a result of the coronavirus epidemic, the global recession will exceed $ 3 trillion. In other words, loopholes will appear in the world economy, which Armenia will have to occupy with a total turnover of at least $ 30 billion. >>> |
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