Khvicha Kvaratskhelia mural in Batumi to promote sports tourism, healthy lifestyle
The Department said it would use the mural to promote Batumi as a city hosting sporting events and encouraging sports tourism “in target countries”. Photo: Adjara Tourism Department
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A mural of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the Georgian winger of the Italian club Napoli, has been unveiled in Georgia's seaside city of Batumi to promote sports tourism and healthy lifestyle, the regional Adjara Tourism Department said on Tuesday.
The mural was unveiled ahead of the 2023 UEFA European U21 Championship, co-hosted by Georgia and Romania between June 21-July 8, with games in the former country to be played in Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi.
It was designed by artist Giorgi Gamezardashvili, or Gameza, with a Street Art Fest crew working to produce the painting covering 430 square metres on a Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University wall, next to the seaside boulevard in the city, over 10 days.
The Department said it would use the mural to promote Batumi as a city hosting sporting events and encouraging sports tourism “in target countries”
Ten sports facilities have been built or renovated across Georgia for hosting the UEFA European Under-21 Championship this summer, the Ministry of Infrastructure said on Tuesday.
SSC Napoli, the Italian club that signed the Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in what turned out to be a major European transfer of the season, on Thursday claimed their first Serie A title in 33 years following a 1-1 draw against Udinese.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the Georgian winger of the Italian club Napoli, was on Wednesday named the Player of the Month for March of the Serie A national league for the second time in a row and for the third time in the same season, setting a new all-time record in the history of the championship.
The tournament trophy of the 2023 UEFA European U21 Championship will start its journey from Georgia’s Black Sea coastal city of Batumi across the country before ending up in the capital city of Tbilisi to mark the country’s co-hosting of the competition, the Government of the Black Sea region of Adjara announced on Friday.
A Georgian table tennis player will represent the country in a major international competition for the first time later this month when Ana Nikoiani joins her counterparts in the European Games Kraków-Małopolska.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, the Georgian winger of the Italian club Napoli, was on Friday named as the best player of the Serie A national league 2022-2023 season.