(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 14. A few days ago, we
spread the word that Armenian separatism still continues on some
international travel platforms. Thus, when searching on well-known
travel platforms such as Airbnb and TripAdvisor, the names of
settlements in Karabakh, once Armenianized, pop up, and one can see
that the "sale" of various catering facilities in these territories
continues.
In spite of our pleas to the travel platforms Airbnb and
TripAdvisor on this matter, they keep dodging the issue.
For almost thirty years, Armenians have used the ancestral
Azerbaijani lands occupied by them - Karabakh and East Zangezur -
for their own purposes, including tourism. On international tourism
platforms, they tried to present the occupied Azerbaijani lands to
the world as their own. Their main goal was to misinform people
coming to these territories and present them as "historical
Armenian lands."
But once our lands were liberated from occupation, the world
realized that Azerbaijan was the real owner of them. Nonetheless,
it is intolerable that global travel websites like Airbnb and
TripAdvisor promote hotels and eateries that were functioning
unlawfully in Karabakh throughout the occupation.
The secretary general of the Azerbaijan Tourist Guides
Association Tural Musayev told Trend that the placement of these ads is a fraud.
"To prevent the placement of such ads, we need to look at their
IP addresses to see where they are linked to. These IP addresses
can be blocked. However, if Armenians are posting ads on
international platforms like Airbnb, and TripAdvisor, you can
complain en masse and have them removed. Usually, the
administration of these ad sites first conducts proceedings, and if
the filed complaint is confirmed, they eliminate the problem
themselves," he said.
Expert Rahman Guliyev noted that for almost thirty years,
Armenians have been using the ancestral Azerbaijani lands occupied
by them for their purposes.
"They also used Azerbaijani lands for tourism purposes. The aim
was also to raise the profile of tourism in Karabakh, and attract
the attention of the world. On international tourism platforms,
they tried to pass off the occupied Azerbaijani lands to the world
as their own. Their main goal was to misinform people coming to
these territories and present them as "historical Armenian lands.".
However, after the liberation of our lands from occupation, the
world saw that the true owner of these territories is Azerbaijan.
It is unacceptable that international tourism platforms such as
Airbnb and TripAdvisor still label tourist sites and restaurants
that were illegally operating in Karabakh during the occupation.
Armenia is not abandoning its insidious policy. In our territories,
which were under Armenian occupation for almost 30 years, the
tourist infrastructure was also destroyed," he said.
According to Guliyev, the territory of Karabakh has great
tourist potential.
"Before the Armenian occupation, about 80,000–100,000 tourists
visited these territories during the year. Although we could not
enter any tourist markets at that time, nevertheless, this
infrastructure served the population living there. The damage
caused by Armenians in Karabakh to Azerbaijani tourism alone is
estimated at $100 billion. Advertisements posted after the
occupation of our lands by Armenians on various platforms to
attract tourists to Karabakh remain to this day on platforms such
as Airbnb, and TripAdvisor. Azerbaijani lands were liberated from
occupation, and the placement of these ads by Armenians shows their
perfidy. They are already used to lying, and the similar ads they
post are irrelevant. Nevertheless, we must insist and seek the
removal of such ads from these platforms," he said.
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