FLOW OF ARMENIAN TOURISTS TO ADZHARIA (GEORGIA) SAGGING SHARPLY

arminfo
8-08-11 11:37:00

ArmInfo. Flow of Armenians tourists to the most popular Georgian
resorts in Adzharia has sharply decreased though Yerevan-Batumi
train moves in conformity with the timetable, Press-Secretary of
Armenian Ministry of Transport and Communication Susanna Tonoyan told
ArmInfo. She said that yesterday the train delivered 300 passengers
from Batumi to Yerevan. In the meanwhile on 9 August (the train from
Armenia leaves on countable days) CJSC South -Caucasian Railroad
(subsidiary of Russian Railways) delivered only 21 to Batumi though
the train is designed for more than 200 seats.

In summer season the train is often fully loaded, S. Tonoyan said. She
underlined that Armenian citizens leave for Batumi also by cars and
buses via another highway Akhalkalaki-Ninotsminda-Khachuri-Batumi
passing by Gori town for security reason. However, road traffic
has considerably reduced as well since many refrain from resting in
Georgia after relevant call by the Armenian Foreign Ministry. In case
of necessity, S. Tonoyan said, the South-Caucasian Railroad is ready
to make additional Yerevan-Tbilisi run to deliver Armenian tourists
to the motherland.

To recall, many Armenian tourists expressed desire to return
to Armenia. In this connection the Armenian Embassy and Consulate
General in Georgia ensured safe return of 3500 Armenian tourists and
850 foreign citizens as of August 10.