Georgia is a tourist paradise!

Georgian authorities draw serious attention to the development of tourism in the country. As noted by the Prime Minister Nika Gilauri on September 11at a meeting in Batumi, after 8 months of 2009/2010, tourists arrivals grew by 34% and made up 1 350 000 people. However, the authorities are obviously concerned about the state of affairs in the deployment of such a flow of tourists, and take a number of immediate measures to remedy the situation. Thus, President Mikheil Saakashvili made a revolutionary proposal for businessmen to provide free of charge land in Kobuleti pine forest to build 27 tourist complexes. He also promised to build all the necessary communications for free, finance the architectural project works, and finally provide a five-year tax exemptions for those entrepreneurs who will do it before September 1 of next year. Note that policies to promote tourism in Georgia are conducted by the authorities of the country for many years. The President also drew attention to the significant increase in investment in the hotel business in Tbilisi. Thus, according to him, the hotel "Kempinski", which is being constructed in Tbilisi, at the site of the former Institute of Marxism-Leninism, will be one of the best in all East Europe. Completion of hotel construction is planned to be in 2012 and is implemented by United Arab Emirates - based Abu Dhabi Group. It is interesting to note that last year, during excavation works on the construction site of the hotel, a secret Stalin's prison was discovered, about which no one had been informed before. According to Dr. Timothy Blauvelt, (a political scientist who teaches a course on Soviet history at Tbilisi State University ), during the construction of the institute in 1930, Lavrenty Beria almost every day visited the construction site ... Now it is clear why...

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Another Armenia Expo 2010

The 10th universal regional exhibition "Armenia Expo 2010" was opened on September 3 in Sport & Concert Complex aft. K. Demirchyan. The exhibition lasted for 3 days and was closed on September 5. The organizers were LOGOS EXPO Center and Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia, and the main media sponsor was VivaCell-MTS. The exhibition was attended by over 150 local and foreign companies from 14 countries. The exhibition was opened by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and chairman of Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia Arsen Ghazarian. At the opening ceremony in his speech the Prime Minister highlighted the importance of participation of foreign companies to preserve the international status of the exhibition. Let's recall that the purpose of any exhibition is the public display of achievements in any field of human activity, specifically "Armenia Expo 2010" in economics. We hope that it played a positive role in economic integration and development of the region, despite the fact that on the third day of the exhibition stands of some companies were already empty.

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High-speed trains conquer the world

In South Africa talks are underway between the Government and the Chinese State-owned China Railway Group on construction of high-speed railway line between the cities of Johannesburg and Durban, length 556km. Project cost is estimated at US $ 30 billion and reduce travel time compared to driving twice. China Railway Group is currently the second largest construction company in the world and takes place in the world 342 Fortune Global 500 companies. Also note that now the Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger takes a "guided tour" of major Asian countries producing and manufacturing high-speed trains, to select a contractor for assumed high-speed railway between Los-Angeles and San-Francisco.

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Caucasus Expo 2010

In sports & concert complex after K.Demirchyan has opened 7th international specialized exhibition CAUCASUS BUILDING & RECONSTRUCTION EXPO 2010" that will last 3 days, from 2-4 of April 2010. Organizer of the exhibition LOGOS EXPO Center assure that this event is the largest building expo in Armenia for the last 10 years, with more than 100 participants from several countries, which definitely gives possibilities for market expansion, product development and international experience exchange.

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Underground Parking Lot

Construction of underground parking structure in Yerevan is mainly funded by private investments, told Aysor's correspondent Chief Architect of Yerevan Samvel Danielian. "We are installing a new underground parking structure on financial backing of private investors. Five camps will be built on Shaumian Square, Aznavour Square, Sakharov Square, Liberty Square, and French Square. We'll install 2,496 car parking spaces to 2014, finishing the construction works," said Samvel Danielian. Some 9 underground parking structures are included in the General Plan and the Framework of territorial dealing of administrative zones, according to the chief architect. The installing works are expected to be finished by 2020, bringing additional 2,355 car parking spaces. Installing of the three-storey underground parking structure on Liberty Square, which begun in October 2008, is nearing its completion. It will be put into operation in spring of 2010, providing 500 car parking places. Samvel Danielian said the 2009-2020 Plan on installing multistoried underground and ground parking structures is designed with focusing on the key goal to free streets from parked cars, especially, in the center of the city. Car parking places will be available by paid system.

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