Armenia's Tourism Competitiveness

A look over the Global Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2011.

The World Economic Forum has published the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2011 on March 7, 2010. The report ranks Armenia 90^th among the 139 countries assessed.

While the report assessment is conducted via monitoring of 68 indicators, we’d like to present those that would probably be of the most interest for a foreign traveler in Armenia. The table below summarizes the chosen indicators and Armenia’s stance according to the report assessment.
 

Indicator	Armenia’s stance in 2011 (among 139 countries)[1]
Tourism openness	33
Hospital beds	41
Carbon dioxide emissions	51
Road traffic accidents	53
Purchasing power parity	62
Number of World Heritage cultural sites	62
Ticket taxes and airport charges	67
Number of operating airlines	69
Quality of air transport infrastructure	7
Presence of major car rental companies	80
ATMs accepting Visa cards	80
Quality of ground transport network	81
Hotel price index	82
Openness of bilateral Air Service Agreements	91
Hotel rooms	108

[1] Based mainly on 2009 data.

The message is clear: You are welcome to visit one of the world’s most open countries with developing infrastructure and average prices. And yes, make sure to book your hotel room in advance (especially during the top season) as there are relatively less hotel rooms compared to the most benchmark countries.

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