Tourism in Armenia declined 1990s because of the Spitak earthquake , the Nagorno-Karabakh War and Armenian energy crisis . Armenian railways closed with neighboring Turkey and Azerbaijan , and Armenia rail lines only remained connected with the Georgian railways . The only airport which worked permanently , was Zvartnots , as Erebuni became a military airport . The eastern and western borders with Azerbaijan and Turkey remain closed
Spitak earthquake
1988 Armenian earthquake
Tourism in Armenia