In the report, the World Economic Forum: travel and tourism competitiveness 2011», Armenia took the 90-in terms of tourism development, among other countries. Compared to the 2009 year of Armenia's position has improved by one step.
Top ten leaders in tourism this year, led by Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria, Sweden, the United. Among the countries of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) the leading position occupies Russia (59 place), which follow Georgia (73 place), Azerbaijan (83 place), Ukraine (85 place), Kazakhstan (93 place), Moldavia (99 place).
From February 8 to March 2, 2011 Armenian scientists - the colleagues “of fund on the study of Armenian architecture” headed by leader Samvel Karapetyan visited cities and villages of India, where in the antiquity lived Armenian community, namely in Agre, Delhi, Calcutta, Gvaliore, benares, Kochi, Bombay, Madras, hyderabad. Karapetyan and its command studied the Armenian architectural monuments, which were preserved in India after the centuries.
On the whole scientists counted about 4 000 Armenian monuments, whose large part is in sufficiently poor state. “Many Armenian monuments outwardly little resemble Armenian. In essence they are built in the European style, it is possible even to find Armenian architectural construction in the style of Chinese pagodas”, said Samvel Karapetyan to the press - conference, which passed to Yerevan on March 9.
Besides the monuments, in India were preserved the chronicles, dated, in essence, by period to the 19th Century. The most ancient of them are written in the ancient-Armenian language.
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