International Olympic Committee applauds Georgia’s initiative to host the 2030 winter olympic games
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has reviewed Georgia’s application to host the 2030 winter olympic games in Georgia and supports the country’s aspiration.
"I think it is the right time to express your willingness to host the winter olympic games and we support it,” Nawal El Moutawakel, Vice President of the IOC told Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili at the meeting held yesterday.
As Kvirikashvili said, the development of winter resorts and skiing sports is one of the top priorities for the Georgian government which is putting in a lot of effort to reach this goal.
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A special group of experts and advisers from the IOC visited Georgia in March to learn about the country’s mountain resorts’ infrastructure. Based on the estimations of the group, the Georgian Government will create an action plan for developing Georgia’s ski resorts to host the winter Olympic Games in 2030.
The decision to send a group of experts and advisers came after a meeting between Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach in Lausanne, Switzerland on January 22, 2018.
A special group of experts and advisers from the International Olympic Committee has arrived in Georgia today to learn about development in the country’s mountain resorts and future prospects in the industry.
Georgia’s winter resort of Bakuriani has hosted the first international Ski Cross tournament this weekend making yet another step forward to hosting the World Skiing and Snowboard Freestyle Championship in 2023 and possibly the Winter Olympic Games in 2030.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has wished four Georgian athletes success at the 23rd winter Olympics in Korea and stated that Georgia needs to upgrade its infrastructure in order to host such significant events in the future.
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Georgia’s mountain resorts are becoming popular tourist spots, hosting 514,874 visitors during the winter season in 2017-2018, which is a 25 percent year-on-year (y/y) increase. The number of tourists in Georgia’s mountain resorts of Gudauri, Bakuriani, Goderdzi and Svaneti has increased by 491 percent since 2012.
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The meeting was also attended by the Vice-President of European Olympic Committees Niels Nygaard, the Minister of Culture and Sport Mikheil Giorgadze and the President of Georgian Olympic Committee Leri Khabelov.
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