ARKAR
ANIHAN RESORT
HOTEL awaits
distinguished
guests who prefer
to stay in quiet
surroundings in
the breast of
nature, rather
than in multi-storey
hotels in the
center of town.
It has become a
matter of courage
and ambition to
visit Eastern
Anatolia, both for
Turks and for
foreigners. Few
tourists
voluntarily travel
to the East. In
the last few years,
Turks are
developing an
interest to visit
the eastern part
of their country
and we hope that
this interest will
increase.
On your trip to
Eastern Anatolia,
at the far end of
the road, Kars
city and province,
where different
races and cultures
have lived in
peace for ages,
deserve a special
mention. Apart
from continuous
emigration to the
West, the province
has given birth to
two others,
Ardahan and Iğdır
in the year 1992,
wherefore the
population has
dwindled to 320
000.However,about
three million
natives of Kars
now live in the
western part of
the country and it
is the latter that
should visit Kars
before anyone
else. With several
air flights every
day, KARS is no
longer a distant
destination.
Tens of thousands
Europeans visited
Kars annually in
the eighties, on
tours dedicated to
Ancient East
Anatolian
Civilizations ,despite
poor accommodation
conditions. After
the Gulf Crisis of
1991 and in the
anticipation of
terror, numbers of
foreign guests
have collapsed ,causing
great damage to
local economy. We
now expect partial
recovery, which
may be supported with
the interest
raised by the
novel `SNOW'
related to Kars,
written by Mr.O.Pamuk,
the only Turkish
Nobel prize-winner.
Establishment of
good relations
with neighboring
country Armenia
will certainly
stimulate tourism
in the region.
Kars is a
destination for
brave, ambitious
and culture-conscious
travelers.
ARKAR ANIHAN
RESORT HOTEL is
founded
particularly to
serve those
travelers.
