Photos: Tourists Surprised by Abandonment in Dilijan, Journalist Sounds Alarm

Journalist Voskanyan Sarkis has made a post accompanied by photographs. ‘The Dilijan municipality’s website states that renovations, grading of subsoil, and paving are taking place on Student Street in the city. Residents in the tourist town of Dilijan are dissatisfied with the poor condition of various streets, large potholes, roaming cows in the center of the city, stray, aggressive dogs, and trash scattered throughout the streets. It is tourist season, and many visitors, including those from abroad, are taken aback by the state of neglect in Dilijan.

Dilijan residents complain that to address the city’s issues, they have reached out to the community leader, David Sarkis, a member of the ruling My Step party, who responds by saying they are seeking benefactors to solve these problems. What is the purpose of the large community budget? Residents have reported that since February 26, 2021, David Sarkis’s family, which has been in charge of the larger community of Dilijan, has increased its wealth and businesses over the past year and four months.