Rural tourism nowadays is one of the most widely-spread and profitable types of tourism. The major goal of the developing this type of tourism is involving the tourists to live in village environment and to earn money by means of this. In modern time rural tourism exists in all countries of Europe. However, unlike Eastern European countries, it has developed more in Western countries. Rural tourism distinguishes with its dynamic development in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland. Let's pay attention to the figures: A decade before, about 40 million people have relaxed in country houses and small village hotels in Europe. And now this number has increased four fold.
World Tourism Organization forecasts tourism income to be 2 trillion dollars and 20 percent of this income will be the share of rural tourism. Before all, it would be better to note that this tourism branch has not developed in the same level in every part of the country where rural tourism has made progress. The reason of this is climatic features, relief and geographical position of separate regions. For example, in the most developed countries of the world as Sweden and Norway, rural tourism has developed only in the southern regions of the so-called countries and the harsh climatic conditions of the northern regions hinder this development. In Japan and China this type of tourism is pursued according to the policy "One village, one product" . It means the population of the village is engaged with the production of only one type of output for involvement of the tourists in these countries and offers the products to the tourists, simultaneously to the market.
In hot July month, on a cliff, one photographer and I are standing in front of a waterfall grumbling from the high mountain, either raging or shining like a diamond, and scattering cool particles around. We are fascinated in front of abundant waters, frozen in silence, as if we have agreed to be dumb beforehand. Hard and bare rocks are erecting on the right and on the left, falcons and kites are flying over our heads. The smell of flowers and blossoms have covered everywhere, as if the divine of beauty has decorated these places with her hands. We are silent, but magnificent waterfall speaks. It says ; “ I am a beautiful monument composed of waters created by nature on the peak of high mountains, in the shade of clouds, I am the grumbling sound of water world left from the memory and legacy of great Noah storm. Look ! Those sharp, copper-like red, moss-covered shingles and rocks are the proofs and signs of my magnificence, power and strength, it is the triumph fete of my powerful waters won over the stones. While I was running in my silent flow, the stones were blocking and standing on my way. And when I raged and did not fit my bed I ran over all dams I opened a way through the rocks getting turbulent and roaring. And at that time I subdued these bare rocks, I destroyed and splintered the stones which prevented me from giving life to lands, fields and lawns.
In brisk period of summer tourism season Channab village of Ordubad region distinguishes with its dissimilarity for the tourists who want to spend their holidays in different nooks of our autonomous republic. If the residents of different places of our republic, of the cities Nakhchivan, Sharur, Jolfa and big villages as Nehram want to look for cool-picturesque place on hot summer days, they may choose Channab village of Ordubad together with other villages. Channab has its specific beauty in summer.
While dealing with the tourism resources of Nakhchivan, the first thing to remember is the nature and historical monuments of this region. Concomitant to every historical monument here is considered to be potential source for tourism, the nature of our land is distinguished with its appropriateness. There are tens of subtypes of ecotourism in Nakhchivan which has rich ecological system. So that each of them may take part in the role of interesting object for tourism. One of such objects is hydrological historical monuments existing in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
The development of modern tourism is closely connected with the opportunities of tourism and excursion routes organized in certain directions for tourists’ interesting travels. The experience shows that this work is the most essential and last stage. So if road, hotel and other important infrastructural matters have been solved for tourism, hereinafter, the agenda is to create, namely, involving tourism routes for massive tourism in the region. And in this decisive stage we have sufficient resources. In this respect, working on tourism routes, we see how valuable natural resources Nakhchivan has got. That is why this is the need of the day to explore our touristic resources profoundly and to create service packages on the basis of them.
