Georgian highland regions to host Mountain Week
Northern regions and municipalities of Tusheti, Kazbegi, Svaneti and Racha would host the planned activities. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Highland regions of Georgia will welcome visitors with a range of activities introducing local cuisine, crafts and more as part of the annual Mountain Week, with the programme launching on Saturday.
In its release on the event, the Government Administration said northern regions and municipalities of Tusheti, Kazbegi, Svaneti and Racha would host the planned activities.
Svaneti. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
For the first time, visitors will be taught preparation of khinkali dumplings in Tusheti and Kazbegi, two of the localities known for their versions of the popular dish.
They will also be invited to knitting and crafts lessons, music performances, sports activities and educational tours, while specially arranged camping areas will host participants in overnight stays.
Kazbegi. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Established in 2018, Mountain Week is designed to promote the development of mountain localities and resorts.
The Mountain Week will be held on the initiative of the Government of Georgia and the Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili.
Georgia has updated its list of high mountainous settlements, meaning that locals of six more villages will enjoy special financial benefits, which will help them improve their living conditions and develop local small and medium-sized business.
The government of Georgia is redoubling efforts to avoid the reduction of population in mountainous areas of the country, initiating an increase of the list of high mountainous settlements and accordingly the number of beneficiaries of the Mountain Law.
The Georgian Government will continue to support Georgia’s high mountain regions to improve standards of life there.
Dozens of businesses in Georgia’s mountain regions are benefactors of state support that reduces their tax obligations and supports the development of local businesses.
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.
Border guards in north-eastern Georgia's Omalo village were on Saturday visited by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Government members as part of the annual Mountain Week celebrations, with the officials also inspecting a new police station in the Tusheti region.
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.
The Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia on Thursday dismissed reports by several opposition-minded TV channels on alleged problems in monitoring of international cargo shipments and provision of border crossing procedures at the Kazbegi checkpoint on the Russia-Georgia border in the north of Georgia.
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