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Georgia’s plan to reopen the country to tourists while safeguarding the relatively under-control coronavirus situation was centred on allowing only tourists from countries that had minimal coronavirus outbreaks. But those plans took a hit when Israel – the first country with which Georgia had signed an agreement – experienced a spike in COVID-19 infections. “Papers are ready to be signed, but after the epidemiological environment worsened in Israel we sat down and decided to delay this,” Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has said. Georgia is also in negotiations with Baltic countries, the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria over creating the green corridors, but nothing has ... Read more

Georgia is setting the goal of becoming the first country to open its doors to foreign tourists starting July 1 after months of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s welcoming international travellers with a new slogan – ‘Georgia – Safe Destination!’. Georgia will resume domestic tourism starting June 15 and will receive international tourists starting July 1. “We will do this by creating a safe corridor on land borders with our neighbouring countries, as well as by bilateral negotiations with countries that are interesting for us in terms of tourism”, said Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia when presented a ... Read more