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    PREREQUISITES OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN NKR
    Svetlana Khachatryan

    Azat Artsakh Newspaper NKR
    November 30, 2009

    On the invitation of participating in celebration devoted to the 40th
    anniversary of Artsakh State University and international symposium,
    in these circles leading the works of department of economics of
    the symposium the doctor of geographical sciences, professor, the
    academician of international Academy of ecology Sergey Melkumyan was
    in Artsakh recently. The man, who is closely connected with the native
    land and is full of care with the problems of social, economical and
    protective spheres of our newly independent republic.

    During the years of Artsakh's war, at NKR authorities' request,
    S.Melkumyan founded professorial groups, in order that economic
    students studying in Artsakh State University could pass exams (there
    were not local specialists or they were in battle-field). By NKR
    authorities' assignment, under the direct leadership of today's rector
    of Erevan State Economic University Ju. Suvaryan, one of these groups
    had a walk round Artsakh and made up the plan of NKR restoration and
    development. S.Melkumayan has many works devoted to Artsakh. He was
    the first after Artsakh's movement who composed NKR map, embracing
    liberated territories.He is also the author of "NKR geography " book.

    The question of prerequisites of tourism and rest industry development
    in NKR excites interest in the lines of many themes read in the
    symposium, abouth which the theses of the scientist, we think, will
    interest our readers. Being comparatively the sphere demanding little
    inputs, the tourism may become one of the most profitable branches in
    NKR, Sergey Melkumyan is sure. What we have in the work of developing
    the tourism industry? Rather much,- he says. He visited many countries
    and studied their experience, countries, in economy of which the
    incomes from tourism are heavy. For instance, Cyprus is a country
    having 700 thousand population and 9 thousand square metre territory,
    but yearly some million tourists come and the country gets colossal
    incomes. Yearly 10 million tourists visit Greece, and each tourist
    leaves in this country on average 1000 dollars. S.Melkumyan finds,
    that tourism development with the following prerequisites is very
    important for NKR: if Cyprus, for example, has one-sided recources
    - the sea, in Karabakh there are real resources, which are side by
    side.But what we have exactly?

    Architectural ancient obelisks, which are important circumstances in
    tourism development, but are betrayed to carelessness. The biggest
    of them, of course is Gandzasar, which is fortunately, in good
    order. But only Gandzasar is not sufficient, the scientist says.We
    have also Amaras, which is in a sad state. While Mashtots opened
    the first school here.It's a cisrcumstance exciting great interest
    to foreigners. S. Melkumyan finds, that in this sense, Shushi can
    also play a single role. In the world such mountinous towns, which
    have fresh air, climatic normal conditions, are few. Its climate is
    rather mild. Moreover, Shushi may excite interest not only from the
    point of view of tourism. In Soviet years there are some rest-homes
    there.He suggests to revive all this. So, the main prerequisites
    of tourism development are resources representing restoration of
    historical architectural obelisks and improvement of environment.
    We don't use mineral water of NKR, says the scientist. In liberated
    Karvachar's region is the same water as Jermuk, but it's barbarism,
    that this mineral water flows in Tartar river.A question arises: in
    what way to appropriate it, if we have not well-maintained roads? For
    this, it's necessary, that we have the second - the well-maintained
    high-way: from Sotk to Gandzasar above Karvachar, then to the capital,
    he explains. Environment protection has to do closely with tourism
    development, which must be paid much attention. In that sense, in
    what conditions are our siteseeings? Identically - the worst. In one
    word, we have many-sided real resources combined with each other, but
    still we can't use them fully, the scientist notes painly. In Artsakh
    University it's already six years that there is a tourism speciality,
    but there are not warranted guides till now in the country.

    S.Melkumyan assured, that he would take up the question himself,
    in order that experienced guides accompanied tourism groups.
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