According to Sergei Shahverdyan, who heads the NKR Department of Tourism, a series of all inclusive tourist plan are now in the works that will allow citizens of Armenia to spend a seven days in Karabakh at a cost of either 70,000, 80,000 or 110,000 drams. The package deals include accommodation, three meals a day and guided tours of Gandzasar and Amaris monasteries, the ruins of Tigranakert, the Nikol Duman Museum, Stepanakert and Shushi. Visitors can also relax in the Khachen River highland and at the Metz Tagher water park. To take advantage of the new deals, those interested must apply to tourist agencies in Armenia and to the RoA Ministry of Economy's Department of Tourism and Regional Development. Mr. Shahverdyan was confident that these new package deals would encourage more Armenians to spend their vacations in neighboring Karabakh. He added that tourism was up 90% in the first quarter of 2009 as compared with the same period last year.