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JUNE 27-JULY 1; July 4-8,2018 LOG SHEET # 2 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO / VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER NAME: Ingeboy Holt RECORDER 1 NAME: Hyurasenyak #1 FILE NAME: HYURA1-0084.wav RECORDER 2 NAME: Hyurasenyak #2 FILE NAME: HYURA2-0407.wav PRESENTER: Debbie Grieser DATE/ TIME 6/30/2018, 12:00 PROGRAM: ARMENIA STAGE: Hyurasenyak GROUP NAME: SESSION TITLE: Armenian Culture & Tourism [[2 columned table]] | Participants | Instrument/Occupation | | --- | --- | | Debbie Grieser | moderator (M1)USAID / | | Arsen Vardanyan | SPKR 1. | | Avetik Pepanyan | SKR 2 | | Susanna Safaryan | SPKR 3 | | Gayane Shagoyan | SPKR 4 | AQ1 = audience question M1 Does tourism offer opportunities for cultural exchange? SPKR 1 Yes, good atmosphere promotes tradition to tourist & creates [[?]]opportunity m1 promotion of tourism used to keep people from leaving Armenian & keeping cultural traditions SPKR 2: Tourism promotion, yes, teaches people how to [[?]] tourists & share the cultural act (black smithing) S3: Tourism is not artificially created, Armenia is becoming 1 big tourist attract S4: Tourism is not always the best solution to economic problems, one business owner started a facebook page to attract visitors, this also require investment in infrastructure to support tourists AQ1: is there a way to [[?]] tourist for long periods of time ([[?]]) Armenia doesnt have strong visa system [[?]] regions & multiple villages for tourism SPK1: networks are being created to support tourist requests AQ2: are there volunteer opportunities? SPK 3: There are especially for repatriation
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