A meeting with the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs took place on December 11, the International Day of the Mountain, during which the achievements of 2018 were discussed. Other issues, including the issue of strengthening cooperation between the Armenian Federation of Mountaineering and Mountain Tourism in 2019 and the RA Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs were also discussed. Minister Ghazarian highly appreciated our work by highlighting the strategic importance of mountaineering and sport tourism for Armenia. Some of the mountain tourism and climbing officials, clubs were awarded by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs in the form of acknowledgment of their work.
- The founder of ArmLand Club Artyom Martirosyan, for active activity and development in the sphere of mountain tourism,
- The Armenian Geographical Project’s founder-head Tigran Shahbazyan, for active activity in the field of mountain tourism, development and implementation of the “
- Founder of the Travel Club David Davtyan for active activity in mountain tourism and involvement of people,
- Founder-head of the Discrimination Club Suren Stepanyan for the development of rock climbing,
- Antoine Ananyan, founder and director of the White Irbis club, for the development of rock climbing,
- The founder-president of the Four Peaks Mountain Club Mountaineering NGO, Narine Tshagharyan, has been instrumental in developing mountain climbing and healthy lifestyles among infants,
- Sergei Bidzyan, for promoting the importance of safeguarding safety in mountaineering and for extreme situations,
- Edgar Navasardyan, for promoting the importance of maintaining security in mountaineering,
- Spartak Hovhannisyan for the transfer of first aid skills,
- Martin Martirosyan, the founder and director of the Hatis club, for a great investment and experience in mountain tourism,
- Agharon Khachatryan, the founder of the Step-Slaylings Armenia club, for organizing the festival and organizing festivals in Armenia,
- Levon Movsisyan, for promoting the importance of maintaining security in mountaineering and for the support provided in extreme situations,
- Eduard Sargsyan, for promoting the importance of maintaining security in the mountaineering and for the support provided in extreme situations,
- Suren Danielyan for his great contribution to the development of climbing and mountain tourism, the importance of maintaining security rules and support for extreme situations.
