In 2018, on September 18, within the framework of education internship, 1st and 2nd year students of “Service” of the Faculty of Economics, accompanied by Pavel Asilbekyan, Assistant of the Department of Tourism Management and Cultural Studies, Assistant Hripsime Azizyan, lecturer Sveta Safaryan, lecturer of the Department of General economics, Anoush Saribekyan, visited Gosh.
The purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with tourism potential and infrastructures of Gosh.
The internship provided students with the chance to study Gosh monastery, M. Gosh’s mausoleum (historic-cultural center), Gosh Lake, limestone guards, various tourism infrastructures (guesthouses, hotels, cafés, souvenirs, preserves, regional herbal markets).
The study began with limestone guards, and then a walk through the Gosh Lake.
During the visit, the university students met with two tourism groups from Spain and France, which witnessed the availability of the region and prospects of tourism development in tourism packages. The above mentioned infrastructures were studied, but an additional visit was planned for in-depth study.
The study tour ended with a discussion during which the students expressed their opinions, asked questions and made conclusions.
The group suggested that new visits should be organized in order to conduct a deeper market research and organization of production internships.