Armenian Government pledges to boost tourism in 2014

The Armenian Government has promised to initiate new tourism development programs in 2014 and move ahead with the unfinished projects launched in the previous years.

The new initiatives will be aimed at developing tourism industries in the villages of Dsegh (Lori region) and Tatev (Syunik) regions, the governors of the two communities told Tert.am.

It is planned particularly to launch the reconstruction of a monastery complex in Tatev and give a push to an agricultural market construction project.

“The sewage channel is incomplete in the village, It is necessary to restore the drinking water supply; there are many problems, so we’ll see what we can do,” Murad Simonyan, the governor of Tatev, told our correspondent.

He said a 2013 November decision giving the green light to the agricultural market construction project is an important achievement for the village. “It wasn’t planned to build it this year, but it was postponed for some reason. They have promised that it will be built this spring,” he said.

Speaking of his community’s 2013 achievements, Norik Kocharyan, the governor of Dsegh, said the year was remarkable in that the community authorities managed to launch a playground for children and build several drinking fountains and public latrines.

“Dsegh [the birthplace of Hovhannes Tumanyan, a renowned Armenian folk poet and fiction writer – 1869-1923] is considered a village of tourism, and I hope that the day will come that the tourists visiting our village will remain content and will notice the difference,” he said, addinf that the great writer’s name obliges the community to be attentive to their native place.


The local authorities are planning to design the village’s street lighting and organize the waste disposal in a better way this year. The governor says their key activities will focus on road paving.

“It is planned to mosaic the roadways. Because Dsegh is situated on a plateau, thick mud gathers during rainfalls, and a villager is unable to take the cattle to drink water,” he explained.

Kocharyan further enumerated some of the projects which he said have to be implemented with the Government’s assistance in the coming months.

“”We have a pond and are planning to launch vessels for our tourists. We are doing everything possible,” he said.

The governor added that the climate in the village was favorable for getting animal food, adding that the fact alone doesn’t put an end to the existing problems.

“We have a problem of realizing dairy; the agriculture minister has promised to offer assistance. It is necessary to solve them by all means, as cattle-breeding is the basic means of survival in Dsegh,” said the governor.