Epress.am News from Armenia
On Saturday, a dozen or so vehicles were parked near the entrance to the Wings of Tatev, an aerial tramway between Halidzor and the Tatev monastery in Armenia. Many had come from different parts of Armenia to ride the cable car only to be told that it would be closed for 3 days.
The tourists asked for an explanation, noting that such news should have been conveyed earlier. Organizers, however, simply said, “Well, the people from the [nearby] villages knew.”
One of the tourists told Epress.am that many of those gathered (who had travelled the 250 km from Yerevan to Tatev) were forced to go back.
Known as the world’s longest non-stop double track cable car, according to the Guinness World Records, the Tatev aerial tramway launched its first official voyage in Oct. 2010.