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Silk
Road Hotels: Tel: +90 212 527 68 59 Tel1: +90 212 638 12 15
Fax: 90 (212)
527 68 59 - 527 68 59 E-mail: info@silkroadhotels.com
Armenia
is an intriguing tourist destination. Numerous monuments and masterpieces
of the Ancient era and Middle Ages can be found throughout the country.
Tourism in Armenia is rooted in the country's historical landmarks
and natural attractions such as the water resorts of Lake Sevan,the
hot springs of Arzni and Jermuk, the forests of Dilijan, Aghveran,
Tsaghkadzor, Bjurakan and Gugark, and the mountainous natural caves
and cliffs of the Southeast region.
An
Orthodox Christian country, Armenia was incorporated into Russia
in 1828 and the USSR in 1920. Armenian leaders remain preoccupied
by the long conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily
Armenian-populated exclave, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the
1920s by Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the
exclave in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained
independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By May 1994, when a
cease-fire took hold, Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh
but also a significant portion of Azerbaijan proper.