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NO REASON TO COMPLAIN ABOUT PUBLIC BEACHES, SAYS CONSUMERS' UNION CHIEF
10:33 * 09.07.14
The chief of Armenia's Union of Consumers says he does not see
a special reason to complain about the quality of services in the
public beaches of Lake Sevan.
Speaking to Tert.am, Armen Poghosyan pointed out only to the
overcrowding problem, which he said is caused by low service costs.
"Where the prices are cheap, we see many people gathered," he noted.
Eleven public beaches surrounding Sevan opened last Tuesday. According
to Armenia's Ministry of Nature Protection, they host daily over
11,000 people, offering them free parking, playgrounds (for children),
bathroom units and other services.
Asked about any inconveniences and problems, Poghosyan said they
now have more public beaches instead of the former two. As for the
services' quality, he stressed the importance of conducting regular
cleaning activities.
The paid beaches, Poghosyan said, keep the road closed from the street,
charging money for entrance and any other service (pavilions, night
lodging etc).
"That costs more than if you decide to go to Antalya [Turkey],"
he noted.
To know what benefits the high costs give to neighboring villages,
Tert.am later also to several community governors.
The mayor of the coastal village Lchap (Gegharkunik region), Hayk
Simonyan, said their population is not busy at all in the summer
season. "We are fully on the Lake coast, but the area is a free zone,
with people coming, swimming, sitting, eating and leaving later,"
he said.
The residents of Lchap do not offer any services to holiday-makers,
as agriculture appears to be their only business, the village's
mayor added.
The mayor of Chkalovka, another coastal village in Gegharkunik, said
the holiday season is a good chance for their villagers to earn a
little bit.
"One offers a boat, while another is hired as a cleaner in the coastal
area," Yervand Karapetyan told our correspondent, noting that villagers
also sell agricultural produce to summer residents.
He added that about 10% of the Chkalovka's population is hired for
different jobs in the summer period.
The Mayor of Sarukhyan, a village situated 25 km far from the lake,
said their population does not work in either public or paid beaches
in summer.
The Ministry of Nature Protection had earlier issued a statement
unveiling plans to increase the number of public beaches.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/07/09/loghap/
10:33 * 09.07.14
The chief of Armenia's Union of Consumers says he does not see
a special reason to complain about the quality of services in the
public beaches of Lake Sevan.
Speaking to Tert.am, Armen Poghosyan pointed out only to the
overcrowding problem, which he said is caused by low service costs.
"Where the prices are cheap, we see many people gathered," he noted.
Eleven public beaches surrounding Sevan opened last Tuesday. According
to Armenia's Ministry of Nature Protection, they host daily over
11,000 people, offering them free parking, playgrounds (for children),
bathroom units and other services.
Asked about any inconveniences and problems, Poghosyan said they
now have more public beaches instead of the former two. As for the
services' quality, he stressed the importance of conducting regular
cleaning activities.
The paid beaches, Poghosyan said, keep the road closed from the street,
charging money for entrance and any other service (pavilions, night
lodging etc).
"That costs more than if you decide to go to Antalya [Turkey],"
he noted.
To know what benefits the high costs give to neighboring villages,
Tert.am later also to several community governors.
The mayor of the coastal village Lchap (Gegharkunik region), Hayk
Simonyan, said their population is not busy at all in the summer
season. "We are fully on the Lake coast, but the area is a free zone,
with people coming, swimming, sitting, eating and leaving later,"
he said.
The residents of Lchap do not offer any services to holiday-makers,
as agriculture appears to be their only business, the village's
mayor added.
The mayor of Chkalovka, another coastal village in Gegharkunik, said
the holiday season is a good chance for their villagers to earn a
little bit.
"One offers a boat, while another is hired as a cleaner in the coastal
area," Yervand Karapetyan told our correspondent, noting that villagers
also sell agricultural produce to summer residents.
He added that about 10% of the Chkalovka's population is hired for
different jobs in the summer period.
The Mayor of Sarukhyan, a village situated 25 km far from the lake,
said their population does not work in either public or paid beaches
in summer.
The Ministry of Nature Protection had earlier issued a statement
unveiling plans to increase the number of public beaches.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/07/09/loghap/