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Practical or destructive: controversy surrounds new mountain road in Georgia

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Omalo, Tusheti (Dominik K. Cagara /Archive)

The Georgian gov­ern­ment has an ambitious plan to construct a road con­nect­ing the moun­tain­ous regions of northeast Georgia, from Khev­sureti to Tusheti. It’s stated goal — to develop tourism and help locals travel between difficult-to-reach areas. But many, both locals and others, are against the project. They say it will wreck the envi­ron­ment, damaging the region’s unique natural appeal, and taking with it their hopes of devel­op­ing eco­tourism.

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Taxi licensing ‘to become mandatory’ in Georgia

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(Robin Fabbro /OC Media)

Taxi drivers in Georgia may be required to obtain licenses from local author­i­ties to continue operating, if plans announced by new Mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze on 24 January go ahead. Kaladze said the Mayor’s Office is drafting a bill to ‘improve taxi services’ in the country, which they will submit to par­lia­ment for con­sid­er­a­tion. [Read more…]

Abkhazia’s tourism catastrophe — ‘who would want to come here?’

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A beach in Sukhum (Dominik K. Cagara/ Archive)

Many in Abkhazia have lamented the failure of this year’s tourist season, con­nect­ing it directly to rising levels of crime. The usual problems were com­pound­ed by high profile attacks on tourists and an explosion at an ammu­ni­tion depot which left two tourists dead.

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Russian tours to Abkhazia ‘cancelled’ amid safety concerns

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Adver­tise­ment for tours around Abkhazia (Dominik K. Cagara/Archive)

A number of travel agencies operating in Abkhazia have claimed that Russian citizens are can­celling tours there, Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti has reported. This follows an explosion at a military warehouse near Gudauta on 2 August which killed two Russian tourists.

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