Core Strategy: Jermuk as a Tourism Destination - CAPS

5) Whether the policies need changing to reflect changes in national or regional policy;
6) If policies or proposals need changing, the actions needed to achieve this.
The research team relied upon limited available data on Jermuk in order to prepare the Local
Development Framework. Much of the information is presented in the Assets Inventory.
However, in analyzing existing data, it was clear that much of it was dated or based on
estimation. This type of information can be considered to be contextual but should be
included within the Monitoring and Evaluation system. Data may not relate directly to the
goals and objectives but is necessary to understand changes that may impact the strategy:
1) Demographic structure: population size, household types, social groups;
2) Socio-cultural issues: crime rates, unemployment level and poverty;
3) Economy: economic activity rates, household income, house price level, productivity
and employment;
4) Environment: key assets in the natural environment;
5) Housing and built environment: housing stock conditions and quality and assets of
the built environment; and
6) Transport and spatial connectivity: transport accessibility, vehicle use and road
conditions
Suggestions for indicators for the individual actions are proposed in the LDF Action Plan
(Volume 2). However, a comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation system is required as a
component part of the LDF. The Government of Armenia adopted a Monitoring & Evaluation
system as part of the National Tourism Concept Paper. Some of the indicators in the
Concept Paper are equally relevant to the development of Jermuk as a tourism destination.
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