Yervant1 Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Tourism assures economic growth in Nagorno-Karabakh .The Guardian 18:38, 22 August, 2012 YEREVAN, AUGUST 22, ARMENPRESS: The leafy boulevards of Stepanakert,capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, are beginning to attract visitors. AsArmenpress reports citing The Guardian, in many ways, Stepanakertresembles a small American town on the rise. Its main boulevards havebeen repaved, locals stroll through the renovated central square pastits elegant fountain, and hotels have sprouted on every other block tohold the new influx of visitors. Not long ago much of the city was in ruins and the economy virtuallynon-existent. Today locals meander along leafy streets lined with newbanks, stores and government buildings. A tourism industry is slowlytaking root, as travellers from across the world descend on the tinyrepublic, population about 141,000, in increasing numbers. Yet ordinary Karabakh Armenians are trying to capitalise on therelative post-war stability. Even as border tensions have escalatedin recent years, which have seen deadly skirmishes between Armenianand Azeri forces, small-time businessman Ashot Simonyan says foreignvisitors have continued to stream through his spare rental apartments. "Everyone who comes here really loves it," he says with a salesman'sgrin. "We have everything a tourist needs, it's completely normalhere." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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