Int’l travelers from 12 countries arrive at rally site on Khankandi-Lachin road

An international group of travelers from the UK, which includes representatives of 12 countries, after visiting the Azikh cave, has arrived on the Khankandi-Lachin road, where a peaceful rally of eco-activists against the illegal, uncontrolled exploitation of Azerbaijan’s deposits in violation of all environmental standards has been going on for 55 days.

According to Report’s correspondent accompanying the travelers, they were able to see with their own eyes the absence of any blockade of the road and the free movement of vehicles from Armenia to Khankandi and back.

The travelers will visit the liberated Azerbaijani territories on February 4–6 along the route Fuzuli-Khojavand-Shusha-Kalbajar-Lachin-Zangilan-Jabrayil-Agdam. This trip once again demonstrates a significant increase in the interest of international travelers in construction and restoration work in the liberated territories of the country, completely destroyed during the almost 30 years of occupation.

They will also be briefed on the progress of demining work. Over the past two years, representatives of the main international travel clubs - Etic, MTP, TCC, NomadMania, and the Turkish Travel Club have visited Karabakh and East Zangazur. Such visits were implemented once in 2021 and four times last year. The current trip is the sixth in a row. The group includes travelers interested in military history, including authors of famous travel books.

Such visits are aimed at promoting such an extreme type of tourism as Dark Tourism. International travelers visit the liberated territories that Armenia has plundered for almost 30 years and places where heavy fighting took place in 2020. They have the opportunity to get acquainted with the realities on the ground, including the work on construction and rehabilitation, with the work on the creation of the Zangazur Corridor.