National Geographic: Georgia Deserves More Travelers

TBILISI - National Geographic recently named Georgia as one of 10 places in the world that deserve more travellers.

Along with Georgia, the list includes neighboring Armenia, Uzbekistan, Iran, Kosovo, Nepal, Nicaragua, Albania, Timor-Leste and Tunisia.

National Geographic focused on Georgia’s difficult historic past after the collapse of the Soviet Union and highlighted how difficult it was to regain its independence.

The magazine noted that now after years of civil war and post-Soviet chaos, “Tbilisi, its capital, has become one of Eastern Europe’s most innovative cultural capitals,” stated the article.

National Geographic listed eastern Georgia’s wine region, Kakheti and Tbilisi as the country’s two top destinations.

The article noted that the city has retained its old spirit, but new construction projects including the Panorama complex – “the personal pet project of billionaire former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili – threaten the gritty beauty of Tbilisi’s Old Town.”

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