TOURISM CENTERS BUILT IN SECURE TERRITORIES

Panorama.am
21:14 05/02/2008

Near Khosrov reserve a tourism center is being built, where the
tourists will have the chance to get information about the reserve and
visit the parts which are permitted to. According to Karen Manvelyan,
the head of World Nature Fund Armenia office, the Norwegian government
provided 350 thousands euros, and 120 of which is used to build the
center and the rest to built an administrative center in Shikahogh
reserve.

He said that the reconstruction of the administrative building starts
this year. He also added that special booklets will be published on
Khosrov reserve to give present the rights of the tourists, where
they can visit and where not.

According to Manvelyan it will be possible to get revenues and to
contribute to the development of the country’s economy. He said that
not only the tourists should wish to visit the reserve but also
native people. "We need to use Armenian resources effectively and
due to them Armenia will become a tourism center," he said.