A few days ago the World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) held an online conference on Tourism Cooperation and Development in Beijing. Yerevan has been a member of the WTCF since 2018.
More than 7000 representatives of different countries worldwide, among which was the tourism division of the Department of Tourism and Culture of Yerevan Municipality took part in the video conference. The Recovery and Revitalization of City Tourism amid COVID-19 Action Guide was released. One of the key themes was the expansion of international cooperation in the sphere of pandemic prevention and tourism recovery.
Taking into account the negative impact of the COVID-19 on the economy of cities, the WTCF made a decision to free Yerevan and other cities, which are members of the Federation, from their membership fees provided for 2020.