Work to raise the quality of tourism services in Azerbaijan has started-Minister
16 İyun 2011 16:48 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan is expecting 50,000-60,000 visitors to come to Baku for the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2012.- told , Minister of Culture and Tourism o Azerbaijan Abulfaz Garayev told journalists on the sidelines of an ombudsmen's conference on "Cultural Rights of National Minorities and Migrants.
"The commissioning of six new five-star hotels is planned by the end of the year. Additionally, we are creating special conditions for the construction of cheaper three-star hotels. Work to raise the quality of tourism services in Azerbaijan has started and training and seminars are being held," Garayev said.
Garayev said the ministry instructed the hotels to create online registration system and improve professional skills of the personnel for improvement of the services. He said online registration system would be ready to operate in September.
Garayev said 6 new five-star hotels were being built in Baku and six hostels would also be opened soon.
Minister said the organizing committee conducted preparation work now and soon the venue of the song contest would also be determined.