What attracts the tourists to Artsakh are its people

ArmRadio.am
17.06.2006 14:31

"What attracts the tourists to Artsakh are its people with a unique
psychology and hospitality coming from the bottom of the heart," said
Director of the NKR Tourism Development Agency Sergey Shahverdyan in
his talk with "Radiolur" correspondent.

Statistics shows that the number of tourists visiting Artsakh increases
with 40 percent annually. The tourists are interested not only in
this region rich in historical monuments, but also the mentality,
traditions of the people living here.

Artsakh has always been considered a country possessing a rich
historical heritage. Twenty years age 1 700 historical monuments
were counted here. Now the number is four times as much, since new
Armenian monuments were found on liberated territories.

In Sergey Shahverdyan’s words, ethnic tourism has also been developing
in Artsakh during the recent years. Karabakh hosts tourists from Italy,
France, Japan, Israel and other countries.