WELL-KNOWN RUSSIAN ARMENIAN BUSINESSMAN RUBEN VARDANIAN T0 BUILD CHILDREN’S HEALTH RESORT IN DILIJAN
Noyan Tapan
Jul 09 2007
YEREVAN, JULY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Ruben Vardanian, a well-known Russian
Armenian businessman, the founder of the Troika Dialogue Group
company and the Chairman of its Board of Directors, is going to build
a children’s health resort in Dilijan. Armen Ghularian, the Governor
of Tavush, said this on July 6, within the framework of presentation
of Ijevan’s Rubbish Disposal Management Project at Ijevan’s Business
and Tourism Information Center.
He said that the restoration of one of region’s health resorts has
been completed this year, the repair of another one will finish by the
end of the year, and the restoration of another two is underway. In
A. Ghularian’s words, small hotels’ construction is rapidly developing
in the region, private houses are adjusted for tourists, which has
contributed to family tourism development especially in Ijevan.
Varuzhan Nersisian, the Mayor of Ijevan, said that currently Ijevan
can receive 400 tourist families at once. It was mentioned that
every year, 50 families from the French city of Valence have a rest
in Ijevan in summer, tourists arrive there also from the U.S., Italy,
and other European countries. Two hotels with 20 rooms each are also
being built in the town at present.
A. Ghularian reminded that tourism development in the region, along
with agriculture, social, small and medium-sized business, is one of
the most important components of the Tavush development program that
started in 2005.
In his words, 154m drams has been allocated by the RA state budget
in 2005 within the framework of the program, 190m drams in 2006, and
210m drams (nearly 585 thousand USD) will be allocated this year. In
total, funds of 20m drams, including resources of international donor
organizations and investors, have been invested in the past seven
years in the region.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
