On September 27, Georgia hosted the World Tourism Day event for the first time. As part of this event of global importance, Georgia was covered by the influential European broadcaster Euronews.
Representatives of various international media, including Forbes, Bloomberg, Euronews, and Conde Nast Traveler, visited Georgia. In parallel to coverage of the event, the journalists discovered the tourist potential of Georgia.
Euronews journalist Lottie Limb shared with readers her experiences.
“It is in the basement of the Georgian National Museum in Tbilisi, gold burial items glinting in the darkness, that I first get a sense of how deep the connection to the land runs here.
“A lion statuette, its sun-like face trusted to escort the dead into the afterlife, gleams beside a beaded necklace adorned with gold globules. Across the room lies an amethyst ring inlaid with tiny pieces of gold with a skill that still puzzles experts.
“From archaeology to the ancient practice of Qvevri wine-making – where clay vessels of grapes are planted in the ‘belly of the earth’ – the Georgian belief in ‘motherland’ is a strong one.
“Visiting in late September, I was lucky to see many more national treasures – and drink many, many glasses of wine,” the author writes.
The article also names specific places and wineries where it is worth tasting Georgian wine.
The journalist highlights well-known Georgian cuisine and dishes, claiming that “There’s something characteristically generous about the cuisine; the almost indecently delicious ‘khachapuri’ (cheese-filled bread), the richness of ‘ajapsandali’ vegetable stew, and the fullness of ‘khinkali’ dumplings.”
At the end of the article, Limb notes that her first week-long visit to Georgia has left her eager to return; “to soak up more of its earthly culture and countless churches. And to seek out new experiences now on my radar: Tbilisi’s enormous botanic gardens; the bears, birds and wolves of Tusheti; and the night train from Tbilisi to Batumi on the coast.”
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