Eastern Georgia’s Telavi city adds QR codes to monuments for visitors
Providing information in Georgian and English, the codes also introduce visitors to a photographic chronicle of the city, as well as events including international sports tournaments and festivals. Photo: Telavi City Hall
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Visitors of the city of Telavi in eastern Georgia’s winemaking province of Kakheti can now learn about monuments and landmarks in the location by scanning QR codes added to them by local authorities.
Providing information in Georgian and English, the codes also introduce visitors to a photographic chronicle of the city, as well as events including international sports tournaments and festivals.
A virtual tour of the city and e-books about it are also available through the codes, Telavi City Hall said.
The project aims to integrate and develop urban areas of Telavi, increase access to the regional centre, position [the city] as a regional hub and promote its historical monuments," the City Hall said.
Georgian Ministry of Infrastructure announced earlier over 500 infrastructure projects worth ₾96 million (about $33mln/€31mln) would be implemented in Kakheti.
From solar-powered utilities to digital information initiatives co-funded by the European Union, recreational spaces, irrigation systems, cultural venues and more, the region will receive both new initiatives and upgrades to its infrastructure.
In Telavi, the initiatives have also involved installation of solar-powered chairs, allowing locals and visitors to enjoy free internet and phone-charging utilities and receive information from a Telavi tourist map posted on a lightbox.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure on Saturday visited infrastructure projects ongoing as part of the Renewed Regions state programme in Kareli, a city of central-eastern Georgia’s Shida Kartli region, the Government Administration said.
A total of 1,200 infrastructure projects worth ₾132 million (about $44.75m/€42.50m) are underway in western Georgia's Imereti region, the Ministry of Infrastructure has revealed.
Eastern Georgia’s winemaking region of Kakheti will benefit from over 500 infrastructure projects worth ₾96 million (about $31m/€30m), the Ministry of Infrastructure revealed on Wednesday.
Recently announced large-scale infrastructure projects and public employment programme, as well as ongoing energy projects, were discussed in a meeting of the Georgian Government’s Economic Council, led by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday.
Hundreds of infrastructure projects worth ₾120 million (about $42.48 mln) are underway in eastern Georgia’s region of Kakheti, deputy infrastructure minister Ilia Begiashvili said on Tuesday.
The City Hall of the western Georgian city of Kutaisi on Wednesday said it had placed QR codes on cultural heritage monuments in the city to help locals and visitors learn about the history of the sites.