Visitor centres in Georgia’s protected areas to close for 10 days
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Visitor centres in Georgia’s protected areas will be closed for 10 days starting tomorrow, says the Agency of Protected Areas.
The decision has been made to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
As of now Georgia has 25 confirmed cases of Covid-19, with 245 placed under quarantine [as they traveled abroad or had contact with infected individuals] and 58 others in hospitals due to suspicious symptoms.
Currently Georgia has 12 national parks.
The area of Georgia's protected territories will increase by 100,000 hectares in 2020, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced on February 19.
New protected areas will be created in the Racha region, western Georgia, says the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Georgia.
The area of the country's protected territories will increase by 100,000 hectares in 2020, said Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at a government meeting earlier today.
The number of visitors to protected areas in Georgia were up 21 per cent in October 2019 compared to the same period last year, announces the Agency of Protected Areas of Georgia.
The US government has announced the launch of a five-year, $1.6 million programme ‘National Parks and Ecotourism’ to protect Georgian national parks and make them economically sustainable and more attractive for tourists, announced the Minister of Environmental Development of Georgia today.
Georgian ski resorts are closing down temporarily as the government of Georgia is placing a limit on crowds and closing public places to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
The Сaucasus Nature Fund (CNF) will allocate 4,160,000 GEL ($1,362,371/€1,207,127) to finance protected areas of Georgia.
Mtirala National Park, a protected area in Adjara region of western Georgia has won the 2020 World Travel Awards and was named as ‘the leading national park of Georgia 2020’ beating Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park, Kazbegi National Park, Kolkheti National Park and Lagodekhi National Park.
All 93 protected areas will reopen after six-months pause throughout Georgia on May 26, says the Agency of Protected Areas.
The Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF) will allocate €120,000 to finance Machakhela National Park.