Georgia’s tourist potential, cuisine, wine to be promoted in Balkan countries
Guests are being hosted for a tour of the capital city of Tbilisi and other regions of the country, with a boat ride on Paliastomi Lake in the west and zipline descent on the Dashbash Canyon in central Georgia included in their adventures. Photo: GNTA
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The Georgian Tourism Administration on Friday said journalists from Serbia’s popular TV shows were visiting the country to be introduced to its cuisine, winemaking traditions and tourist potential before presenting their reports to audiences in Balkan states.
They are being hosted for a tour of the capital city of Tbilisi and other regions of the country, with a boat ride on Paliastomi Lake in the west and zipline descent on the Dashbash Canyon in central Georgia included in their adventures.
Image: GNTA
Among other subjects, the visiting reporters will produce programmes on Georgian culture, adventure tourism and ecotourism for channels UNA, K1, Kitchen TV, EkoTV and insajder.
Photo: GNTA
Wherever I travel, I always talk about Georgia, Georgian cuisine, wine and Georgian people, and I tell everyone, including my friends, to visit Georgia. We are preparing a programme about cooking and travel, and we hope that even more tourists from the Balkan countries will travel to Georgia”, Marko Milicevic, one of the visiting journalists, said in comments.
Photo: GNTA
Gorica Regodić, an actor from Serbia, noted the legacy of peaceful coexistence of communities representing different cultures in Tbilisi as “very impressive”.
“It is a very peaceful environment, and there are very friendly people. There is a lot of green space, and you have amazing nature - this is my first impression and I like it very much”, she said.
Michel Vion, the Secretary General of the International Ski Federation, on Saturday praised the ongoing Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Georgia’s winter resort of Bakuriani as the “best tournament” held with “very good outcome” and stressed Georgia had everything to become a winter sports destination.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday received a letter of gratitude from management of the Messe Berlin fairgrounds in the German capital that hosted this year’s edition of the ITB Berlin tourism fair, with representatives of the venue noting the “outstanding effort” by Georgia in its capacity as the Host Country for the event.
Tourism attractions of Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara were promoted at the Bergamo International Rural Tourism Exhibition in Italy between March 31-April 2, the region’s Tourism Department announced on Thursday.
Journalists and ski influencers from Germany are visiting Georgia’s north-western highland Svaneti region to promote qualifying competitions for the ongoing Freeride World Tour, the Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Friday.
Twelve tour operators from Poland are visiting Georgia to discuss cooperation and joint tour planning with Georgian counterparts, the Georgian National Tourism Administration announced on Friday.
Permanent Representatives of Benin, Comoros, Congo, Dominican Republic, Libya and Saint Lucia to the United Nations got acquainted with Georgia’s tourism potential with David Bakradze, the country’s Permanent Representative to the UN, the Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Tuesday.
A group of journalists, bloggers and photographers from Forbes, Vogue, Elle, WWD, -D Magazine, Fashion Network Global and other influential international editions are visiting Georgia to explore the country’s tourism potential, the Georgian Tourism Administration announced on Friday.