Hosting Freeride World Tour is victory for country, Georgia will “once again be marked” on world sports map - MTA Director
He noted it was recognition for Georgia that the country’s ski resorts “have great potential” and emphasised by hosting the Bakuriani World Championship, Georgia earned the trust and recognition of international experts. “We will host the Freeride World Tour with dignity”, Burchuladze added. Photo via Economy Ministry
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Irakli Burchuladze, the Director of the Mountain Trails Agency, on Saturday said that hosting the Freeride World Tour in 2024 in Georgia’s Tetnuldi ski resort in northwestern Svaneti region “is a victory for the country”, stressing Georgia would “once again be marked” on the world sports map in a new direction.
He noted it was recognition for Georgia that the country’s ski resorts “have great potential” and emphasised by hosting the Bakuriani World Championship, Georgia earned the trust and recognition of international experts. “We will host the Freeride World Tour with dignity”, Burchuladze added.
For the first time in the country’s history, Georgia received the right to hold the Freeride World Tour, along with Canada, Andorra, Spain, Switzerland and Austria.
The competition in freeriding, which involves sliding in untracked snow on difficult and mountainous terrain, will be held in March 2024.
Georgia’s Tetnuldi ski resort in northwestern Svaneti region will host the Freeride World Tour in 2024 for the first time in the history of the country, alongside Canada, Andorra, Spain, Switzerland and Austria.
Training and educational bases operating in all four seasons will be launched in north-west Georgia’s mountainous Svaneti region after the country’s Mountain Trails Agency and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation signed a deal for the project on Thursday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday said ₾100 million ($38.39mln) would be spent on hosting the 2025 Winter Youth Olympic Games in capital Tbilisi and the winter resort town of Bakuriani.
Georgia’s popular ski resorts of Bakuriani and Gudauri have been marked as permanent hosts in the competition calendar of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, enabling the destinations to host stages of World Cup events running under the body annually. The Mountain Trails Agency of Georgia on Wednesday said the two locations would be among 11 resorts around the world hosting 19 events of the 2023-2024 FIS Ski Cross World Cup calendar.
Georgia’s popular resort of Gudauri will host winter enthusiasts with two new ropeway systems during the coming winter season, the Ministry of Economy said on Friday.