The Yerevan municipality launched the city’s first tourism information center in Nalbandyan Street center on Monday to offer assistance and other necessary services to foreign visitors.
Mayor Taron Maragaryan and the senior staff of the City Hall attended the solemn event to enjoy the dance music and songs typical to the capital city, as well as the special reception.

The center operates close to the Republic Square metro station.

Highlighting the importance of the initiative, an aide to the Yerevan mayor, Maria Baraghamyan, said they came up with the idea in the context of the capital city’s 2,800th jubilee celebrations expected  this autumn.“This project aims to offer assistance to our fellow citizens and guests by providing them with useful guidelines, as well as information about the tourism infrastructures and the municipality’s services.

We are planning the second [center’s] opening in the near future,” she added.
Free bilingual maps of Yerevan and information leaflets will be available at the center to inform tourists also of the planned cultural and entertainment events.

Partners companies have joined the initiative with enthusiasm. Lilit Hovhannisyan, the editor-in-chief of Armenia Tourism, finds the project very actual and necessary.“I am sure this kind of concept will allow tourists to more easily orient themselves and organize the leisure time in Yerevan much better. Our magazine will certainly assist in the program, and our latest editions will be always available in information centers,” she added.