YEREVAN, June 20. /ARKA/. An Armenian NGO called ‘Duty of Soul’ has printed 2000 copies of booklets for Russian and English speaking tourists about historical monuments of the southern province of Syunik. The booklet consists of a map and a guidebook  

Shogine Hovhannisyan, the chairwoman of the NGO, told journalists on Tuesday that the main goal of the booklet is to help boost tourism in Syunik region. Similar booklets were published earlier about other Armenian provinces of Lori,  Tavush, Gegharkunik and Kotayk.

The latest booklet is intended for Armenian and foreign tourists who are keen on ecotourism. They will be able to get acquainted not only with the Tatev Monastery complex and the cable car, which are considered the tourism center of the Syunik region, but also with a huge number of other attractions, natural and historical monuments in Syunik.

The map not only shows the sights  which one can reach by car, but also monuments located far away from roads, where one can walk along footpaths. It shows all major and minor roads, as well as all regional centers, cities and villages of the Syunik region.

The map shows the location of about 200 monuments, although the region has about 5000 of them. The booklets were created and printed by the Duty of Soul in cooperation with the Foundation for the Study of Armenian Architecture on money provided by the presidential office and the Youth Foundation of Armenia. -0-