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ARMENIAN AND RUSSIAN YOUNG PEOPLE TO VISIT ARMENIA'S SACRED SITES
YEREVAN, June 3. / ARKA /. Some 130 young people from Armenia and
Russia will make a trip through Armenia's sacred places. The event
is being organized by the International Russian Tourism Academy and
its Armenian branch - Armenian Tourism Institute.
Speaking at a news conference the rector of the Armenian Tourism
Institute, Robert Minasian, said the embassies of Ukraine, Kazakhstan
and Belarus in Armenia showed interest in this project and are likely
to bring their young people to join it.
He said the young people will visit the burial place of the creator
of the Armenian alphabet Mesrop Mashtots in Oshakan, the ancient
settlement of Agarak (3rd millennium BC ), the Byurakan observatory,
Hamberd Fortress, Geghard, Saghmosavank Ovanavank, Mughni, Khor Virap
Spitakavor, Shativank, Zorats, Gndevank and St. Zion monasteries.
The young people will also climb the mountain of Urts (3,637 meters
above sea level) and the mount of Aragats (4,095 meters). They will
also visit an alpine lake Kari (3,200 m above sea level) Byurakan
forests, will observe the rock drawings in Kasagg Gorge, as well as
visit two caves (5 millennium BC. .
This is the second such expedition organized by the institute. This
time it will also include bike tours in Vayots Dzor region.
The first event, whose participants made 1,600 kilometers from north
to south of Armenia, was conducted under the auspices of the Armenian
Ministry of Economy and the Russian Embassy in Armenia in 2012 autumn.
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YEREVAN, June 3. / ARKA /. Some 130 young people from Armenia and
Russia will make a trip through Armenia's sacred places. The event
is being organized by the International Russian Tourism Academy and
its Armenian branch - Armenian Tourism Institute.
Speaking at a news conference the rector of the Armenian Tourism
Institute, Robert Minasian, said the embassies of Ukraine, Kazakhstan
and Belarus in Armenia showed interest in this project and are likely
to bring their young people to join it.
He said the young people will visit the burial place of the creator
of the Armenian alphabet Mesrop Mashtots in Oshakan, the ancient
settlement of Agarak (3rd millennium BC ), the Byurakan observatory,
Hamberd Fortress, Geghard, Saghmosavank Ovanavank, Mughni, Khor Virap
Spitakavor, Shativank, Zorats, Gndevank and St. Zion monasteries.
The young people will also climb the mountain of Urts (3,637 meters
above sea level) and the mount of Aragats (4,095 meters). They will
also visit an alpine lake Kari (3,200 m above sea level) Byurakan
forests, will observe the rock drawings in Kasagg Gorge, as well as
visit two caves (5 millennium BC. .
This is the second such expedition organized by the institute. This
time it will also include bike tours in Vayots Dzor region.
The first event, whose participants made 1,600 kilometers from north
to south of Armenia, was conducted under the auspices of the Armenian
Ministry of Economy and the Russian Embassy in Armenia in 2012 autumn.
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