YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. In July-August 2022, the hotels in Armenia were fully booked, therefore, it is necessary to increase the number of hotels, Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said during the debate of the 2023 state budget draft at the joint session of parliamentary standing committees.

“Travel agencies of other countries have told us that they have rejected many tourists who wanted to visit Armenia because they couldn’t solve their accommodation issues. This first of all relates to Yerevan and Gyumri. In these two cities we have strong deficit in hotel rooms in peak months”, the minister said.

He stated that one of the problems in tourism sector in Armenia is that during summer the hotels are fully booked, but the situation is different in winter months.

“In other words, the problem must be divided into two parts. Obviously, the number of hotels must increase. We consider various opportunities how to do that”, he said.