Core Strategy: Jermuk as a Tourism Destination - CAPS

Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
support current
population
Infrastructure • Clean and tidy streets
and town
Utilities and Energy • Adequate gas and
electricity 24/7
• 90% of town provided
with gas
• Good water supply
• Garbage collection
system
substantial number of additional
inhabitants along with quite a
large share of derelict buildings
without any plans for future (or
deadlines for making any plans)
• Relatively expensive, especially
to rent
• Many owners have left, leaving
empty properties
• Much of local infrastructure is
either half-complete or run-down
• Absence of signs and road
maps on the roads showing
directions to different places in
the city (spas, waterfall, ski lift,
restaurants).
• Gas provided entirely by Russia
and passes through Georgia
• Sewage system outdated,
without proper treatment and
passing into Arpa river
• Solid waste disposed of without
preventing groundwater pollution
• Open air garbage storage area
to seasonal workers in the tourism industry
• Reconstruction/destruction and the
optimization of the available stock of empty,
derelict buildings and change of their profile
based on the analysis of needs of the resort
• Provision of short-term rental facilities for high
paying clients
• Renovation of existing buildings and
destruction of those that cannot be could
increase visual attractiveness of town
• Chance to develop public-private models of
cooperation for infrastructure development
• Renovation of pavements, sidewalks and
grass areas near roads and street lights in
Jermuk city
• Construction of underground parking can free
up the town from unattractive looking garages
and make space for landscaping and public
spaces
• Scheduling and the supervision of the
reconstruction/construction of the privatized,
but so far run-down buildings
• Development of gas pipeline from Iran to
diversify source
• Use of solar energy as done in some
European countries to heat water (solar panels
on the roofs of spas or hotels).
• Surfacing and the enlargement of the sewage
system
facilities may limit the number of
additional workers the town can
attract
• Limited housing would also
likely result in higher prices
• If development of new
infrastructure is not
accompanied by destruction of
the old, substantial investment
may not result in substantial
improvement
• Substantial influx of inhabitants
may strain the existing electricity
grid
• Political risk re: gas stoppage
• The sewage capacity may not
be enough for future
development of the town
Retail • Very little retail services exist • Chance for small, private shops to develop on • Too many new shops might not
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