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    BYURAKAN OBSERVATORY AS CENTER OF SCIENTIFIC TOURISM

    ARMENPRESS
    March 31, 2009

    YEREVAN, MARCH 31, ARMENPRESS: Chairmen and representatives of big
    tourism agencies functioning in Armenia gathered March 30 in Byurakan
    observatory. "It is necessary to restore scientific tourism in Armenia:
    Byurakan observatory may become its center," they insisted.

    The director of the observatory Hayk Harutyunian said that astrology
    is Armenian people's science: the great heritage left to the Armenian
    people witnesses it. "Today the professional astrology in the world
    is developing on the basis of amateur astrology but don't know
    why today in Armenia we do not have amateur astrology which might
    have been part of interests of our public. We suggest that Byurakan
    observatory with its nearby regions (Oshakan, churches of Ashtarak
    region, residence of Catholicos, Amberd, Karahunj, Metsamor, Aghdz)
    become centers of scientific tourism. There are all prerequisites
    for it ," H. Harutyunian noted.

    UNESCO has declared 2009 as year of International Astrology the goal
    of which is to present astrology to all the classes of the public.

    The coordinator of the events Areg Mikayelian said that their goal
    is to promote visits of people interested in astrology to Byurakan
    observatory - the first wealth of the Armenian science which thanks
    to Viktor Hambardzumian entered the world science with new saying
    and now continues its activity in the sphere of astrology.

    The chairman of the "Armenian Monuments' Cognition Program" Richard Nay
    explained the lack of visitors to Armenia with the circumstance that
    the tourism agencies functioning in Armenia target Diaspora Armenians
    whose visit to Armenia cannot develop Armenia's tourism. "The agencies
    must work on those 1 billion people of the world who go for vacation
    during a year. Armenians forget that Armenia is not only for Armenians
    but for the whole world," he said.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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