Top 5 sights of Georgia’s Protected Areas
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Georgia’s protected areas are becoming popular tourist spots, hosting 55,490 in the first quarter of 2018, announces Georgia’s Agency of Protected Areas.
This year the number of guests visiting Georgia’s protected areas increased by 39 percent compared to the same quarter of 2017, statistics show.
The statistics show that 56 percent of visitors were Georgians and 44 percent were foreigners.
The number of Georgian visitors increased by 16 percent year-on-year, while the number of foreigner visitors increased by 88 percent.
The highest number of visitors who came to Georgia’s protected areas in the first quarter of 2018 were from Germany, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, India and Russia.
In the first quarter of 2018 Georgia’s most visited protected areas were:
- Tbilisi National Park
- Prometheus Caves
- Kazbegi National Park
- Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park
- Sataplia
Georgia’s protected areas are becoming popular tourist spots, hosting 31,892 in the first two months of 2018, announces Georgia’s Agency of Protected Areas.
The Georgian forests are soon to be announced among the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage sites. This means that the sites that have huge local importance for Georgians, will receive even more special cultural or physical significance worldwide.
Tbilisi National Park, Kazbegi National Park and the "Prometheus Caves” are the most popular protected areas so far in 2018. A total of 16,475 guests visited Georgia’s protected areas in January 2018, a 46 percent hike in comparison to the same month in 2017, announces Georgia’s Agency of Protected Areas.
A total of 954,397 guests visited Georgia’s protected in 2017, a 30 percent hike in comparison to 2016, announces Georgia’s Agency of Protected Areas.
Georgia’s Agency of Protected Areas has become a member of the Europark Federation, announces the agency.
The National Parks of Georgia has released a new video showing a combination of dozens of breathtaking national parks in Georgia.
Kazbegi National Park will be significantly expanded as a result of a bill supported by the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Committee.
Four locations in Georgia’s west could become the first natural sites in the country to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, with the protected areas of Kolkheti, Mtirala, Kintrishi and Kobuleti nominated for the global roster through a collaboration of Georgian and foreign professionals.
Twelve protected areas in Georgia will receive support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to strengthen their management and financial sustainability, which will help the country conserve and protect its unique biodiversity, the UNDP and the Georgian Environmental Ministry say.
A new ecotourism attraction, a hanging rope park, will be set up in Georgia’s Algeti National Park, located in Georgia’s Tetritskharo municipality.
A new ecotourism attraction, a rope adventure park, has opened in Mtirala National Park, in the Adjara region of Georgia.
The Caucasus Nature Fund will allocate €870,000 for the development of three national parks in Georgia: Borjom-Kharagauli, Mtirala and Pshav-Khevsureti.
A 240-meter long glass bridge will be built at Dashbashi Canyon, in Georgia’s Tsalka region, where about $60 million will be invested, announces the Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia.
A first-ever illustrated map of biodiversity across the South Caucasus region will be presented to the public at the Museum of Georgia this Saturday.
A delegation from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (UICN) is visiting the protected areas of Kolkheti, Mtirala, Kintrishi and Kobuleti to decide whether the unique Colchian forests and wetlands may be included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) will allocate €120,000 to finance Machakhela National Park.