Georgian highland regions to host Highlander Week festivities
Visitors will have the opportunity to engage in various activities, including knitting and craft classes, introduction to the history of khinkali dumplings, an exhibition and sale of local entrepreneurs, and an ethnographic corner. Photo: Kakhetis Mkhare/Facebook
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Highland regions of Georgia will welcome visitors with a range of activities introducing local cuisine, dance, folklore and more as part of Highlander Week celebrations for the second time this year, with the programme launching on Saturday.
In its release on the event, the Government Administration said northern regions and municipalities of Tusheti, Svaneti and Kazbegi, as well as the western Racha and Imereti regions, would host the events.
Visitors will have the opportunity to engage in various activities, including knitting and craft classes, introduction to the history of khinkali dumplings, an exhibition and sale of local entrepreneurs, and an ethnographic corner.
Celebrated chefs will prepare a variety of meals and lead master courses throughout the day, while popular artists will offer performances to visitors.
Northern Georgia's highland town of Mestia will host an international adventure event Highlander Georgia from July 20 to July 22 for the second time, with the support of the Georgian National Tourism Administration, the state body said on Friday.
“Georgia has unique opportunity to be on world map of hikers”
The summer tourist season in northern Georgia’s mountainous region of Svaneti closed last month with the global long-distance hiking event Highlander Georgia, with the Austrian ambassador to the country Thomas Mühlmann saying the event gave a "unique opportunity for Georgia to be on the world map of hikers".
Northern Georgia’s mountainous region of Svaneti has hosted 110 experienced and amateur hikers from eight countries on an international adventure event Highlander Georgia from Thursday till Saturday.
Northern highland towns of Shovi in the Racha region and Mestia in Svaneti on Saturday welcomed visitors with a range of activities introducing local cuisine, crafts and culture as part of the annual Mountain Week.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Government members on Saturday visited Tusheti, Georgia’s northern highland region, to mark the annual Mountain Week and local Tushetoba celebrations with citizens of the mountainous locality.
Mountainous regions of Georgia will welcome visitors with a range of activities introducing local cuisine, dance, folklore, games, horse races and more as part of Highlander Week celebrations for the second time this year, with the programme launching on Saturday.
Mountains are very important to Georgia and its citizens, and the Government intends to hold Mountain Days at different locations every year, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Saturday at an opening ceremony of the Mountain Days in Shovi resort in the Racha region.