Some $95 million to be invested in Tatev Gate project
13.03.2017,
15:30
During a working visit to the southern province of Syunik last Saturday Armenian prime minister Karen Karapetyan visited the site of Tatevr cableway to have a consultative meeting with the representatives of the Foundation for Armenia Development, who presented to him the Tatev Gate investment project, the government’s press office said.
YEREVAN, March 13, /ARKA/. During a working visit to the southern province of Syunik last Saturday Armenian prime minister Karen Karapetyan visited the site of Tatev cableway to have a consultative meeting with the representatives of the Foundation for Armenia Development, who presented to him the Tatev Gate investment project, the government’s press office said.
It said as part of the program, the Tatev Gate complex will be built next to Halidzor station of Tatev cableway, which will feature information, entertainment and service infrastructures and quality services designed to increase the flow of visitors.
The already finalized general development plan calls for establishing a visitor hub, a national kitchen and catering outlets, as well as a center of national traditions, ancient Armenian games and other entertainments. The project implies investment of USD 95 million in six strategic directions that will result in about 1,500 jobs and increased influx of tourists up to 400,000 annually.
The project may be implemented in a public-private sector partnership. Several infrastructure-related problems need to be addressed at Halidzor station. International financial organizations may be engaged in the project. Welcoming the idea, Karapetyan urged those responsible to finalize the project and begin substantive discussions in the government.
The 5.7-kilometer-long Winds of Tatev ropeway in the south of Armenia , built by Austrian-Swiss Dopplemayer/Garaventa transports visitors from the village of Halidzor across the Vorotan gorge to the village of Tatev, within walking distance of the monastery, allowing tourists and visitors to bypass a 90-minute drive on a road in and out of the Vorotan River Gorge.
The cable car travels at a speed of 37 kilometers per hour (23 miles per hour) and a one-way journey takes 11 minutes. At its highest point over the gorge, the car travels 320 meters (1,056 feet) above ground level. It has two cabins, each capable of carrying up to 25 passengers. The cable car is part of a $45 million-dollar public-private effort to develop tourism at Tatev and in the overall region of Syunik. The aerial tramway was officially registered by a representative of the Guinness World Records as the world’s longest aerial tramway built to transport visitors. –0--
It said as part of the program, the Tatev Gate complex will be built next to Halidzor station of Tatev cableway, which will feature information, entertainment and service infrastructures and quality services designed to increase the flow of visitors.
The already finalized general development plan calls for establishing a visitor hub, a national kitchen and catering outlets, as well as a center of national traditions, ancient Armenian games and other entertainments. The project implies investment of USD 95 million in six strategic directions that will result in about 1,500 jobs and increased influx of tourists up to 400,000 annually.
The project may be implemented in a public-private sector partnership. Several infrastructure-related problems need to be addressed at Halidzor station. International financial organizations may be engaged in the project. Welcoming the idea, Karapetyan urged those responsible to finalize the project and begin substantive discussions in the government.
The 5.7-kilometer-long Winds of Tatev ropeway in the south of Armenia , built by Austrian-Swiss Dopplemayer/Garaventa transports visitors from the village of Halidzor across the Vorotan gorge to the village of Tatev, within walking distance of the monastery, allowing tourists and visitors to bypass a 90-minute drive on a road in and out of the Vorotan River Gorge.
The cable car travels at a speed of 37 kilometers per hour (23 miles per hour) and a one-way journey takes 11 minutes. At its highest point over the gorge, the car travels 320 meters (1,056 feet) above ground level. It has two cabins, each capable of carrying up to 25 passengers. The cable car is part of a $45 million-dollar public-private effort to develop tourism at Tatev and in the overall region of Syunik. The aerial tramway was officially registered by a representative of the Guinness World Records as the world’s longest aerial tramway built to transport visitors. –0--
