Open Air Museum or Garbage Dump? What Tourists See When Visiting Armenia

12:52, May 26, 2012

Armenia – an ancient land now being discovered by growing number of tourists for its mountains, monasteries and…Mounds of trash randomly scattered about.

It's the heaps of garbage that caught the eye of a group of tourists recently staying at the Hotel Mirhav in Goris.  

"It was painful for me," said hotel owner Shahen Zeytountsyan. "It was unimaginable for them to see all that trash in the river.

He's talking about the Vararak River which appeared to be choked by the amount of garbage piled along its banks and in the current as well.  Read more... (655 words)

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