Investment Projects, Business Armenia Ski Resort in Vanadzor | Page 5

Project Description
This project seeks to uncover
Vanadzor’s
tourism
potential
by
developing
tourism
infrastructure.
Particularly, the project aims to establish a
modern ski resort, to develop winter
sports, entertainment and eco-tourism in
Lori Marz. For this reason, a new tourism
destination in Northern Armenia will be
established.
Surrounded by lofty mountains and
located between Tbilisi (Georgia) and
Yerevan (Armenia), Vanadzor has a great
potential to become an easily accessible
resort city offering quality services for
affordable prices to local and international
tourists alike.
Being the capital of Lori Marz, Vanadzor
has a population of about 90.000 people
and is the third largest city in Armenia.
With its stunning landscape, green
mountains and mild weather, Vanadzor
has already become a lovely summer
destination, where tourists have a chance
to stroll around and enjoy nice weather,
organize picnics with family and friends,
have a great time in pubs and cafes and
admire beautiful nature. Still, the full
potential of Vanadzor city hasn’t been
realized yet: it can offer much more in
terms of diversifying its services, improving
service quality, as well as becoming an
exceptionally
attractive
winter
destination. Vanadzor is an ideal winter
sports destination since it has heavy
snowfall, but mild temperature with plenty
of daylight. In contrast with other resort
areas in Armenia, Vanadzor has
substantially less winds and the snow has a
tendency to remain on the mountains
much longer. On Maymekh Mountain,
snow can be seen even in July.
During the Soviet era, the USSR Central
Tourism Institute recognized Vanadzor as
one of the best winter destinations. Thus,
the creation of a modern resort center on
Maymekh Mountain has a great
development potential and is highly
recommended.
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