EYP AmAr 2013 EYP Ambassadors of Armenia Simulation Conference Scenario:
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rmenia’s unique religious and cultural heritage, combined with its stunning landscape nd nature are unquestionably its strongest asset for tourism.
Distinct periods of history over the past 4000 years (Urartu, Hellenic, Christian, Soviet, etc) have merged to create a small country with much to offer to the visitor. Nevertheless, the tourism sector in the regions of the countries remains weakly developed due to the lack of foreign investments. 7 potential investors from Poland, Sweden, Hungary, Ukraine, Italy, Great Britain, Czech Republic are arriving to Yerevan on August 17 with the purpose of meeting different working groups and contemplate an investment in one of the regions in Armenia with the purpose of boosting tourism. Unfortunately, the investment resources are limited and can be provided for only 1 region which is to be determined at the conference. The Conference brings together those 7 potential investors and 7 working groups ( each representing one of the regions in Armenia: Tavush, Lori, Kotayk, Syunik, Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor, Shirak).
Your Role: 15 days before the arrival of the potential investors, 7 working groups will be created to represent the regions of Armenia: Tavush, Lori, Kotayk, Syunik, Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor, Shirak. Each group comprises of 3 participants who will be working closely with the assigned mentor. Your task is to prepare a presentation and a booklet on the region you represent for the potential investors. You have to be as impressive as possible to persuade the investors that your region and not any other has the highest potential for tourism development. The booklet and presentation should be made in a creative way and not copied from the tourism promoting pages. Be unique, daring and innovative; prove that your region is the one to get the funding from the potential investors.
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Conference Procedure: Each of the working groups will make the prepared presentation to the potential investors and distribute the booklets about their region. After rendering the presentation, the floor will be opened for the questions from other working groups and potential investors. The whole region representation will be closed by the final speeches. The whole procedure will be conducted for all the 7 groups followed by the voting of the investors and the participants concerning the region with the highest tourism potential and which is to be funded.
Participants: 21 Armenian participants from Yerevan and regions, 7 foreign participants. The Winner working group representing certain region in Armenia will make a 3 day trip to the respective region in order to prepare 5-page long journal that will be disseminated through European Youth Parliament Alumni Network thus raising awareness about the regions of Armenia.
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