TRAVELER CLUB OPENS IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The opening of the National Geographic
Traveler Club took place and an exhibition of photographs of the
National Geographic Traveler Armenia magazine was organized in Yerevan
on May 5. The photographs of the "Unwitnessed Armenia" special issue of
the National Geographic Traveler, as well as those of the materials
"Towards the top of Ararat" and "Noravanq" are exhibited in the
exhibition and will be published in the next issue of the magazine.

As Ruben Mangasarian, the editor-in-chief of the magazine, mentioned,
the objective of the club is to organize interesting adventurous
travellings on the basis of the materials published in the magazine.
Joint travellings of journalists and club members are also planned for
the purpose of preparing new materials for the magazine. The club will
launch its activities with the Kars and Ani journey. According to Ruben
Mangasarian, journeys towards Khustup, Bridge of Satan, Noratus,
Fioletovo with the materials of the special issue of the "Unwitnessed
Armenia" are also planned. Everybody without any restrictions can
become a member of the club.

It was also mentioned that the National Geographic Traveller has 4.7
million readers in the United States of America. The magazine is
published also in the countries of China, Spain, Russia, Netherlands,
Israel, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Latin America. The periodical
publishing of the National Geofraphic Traveler Armenia is envisaged to
start in the near future publishing 6 issues a year. The objective of
the Armenian National Geographic Traveler is to newly discover Armenia
and Armenian historical-cultural hetitage abroad, to acquaint readers
with the sights of the world and help to productively organize the
travelling and rest.