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Unique water mill being restored in Lida district In Lida district, Grodno region, a businessman has been restoring the only water mill in Belarus. The Belarusian purchased the 19th century facility and started the restoration works two years ago. The unique feature about the mill is that the water wheel was set under the building, not outside, as usual. Like two centuries ago, the mill will be grinding flour. The project can become one of the attractive places of interest for tourists.

Tourists from 15 countries visited Augustow Canal during New Year holidays Last weekend, during the New Year holidays, around 500 foreign nationals from 15 countries took advantage of the visa-free program and came to visit the Augustow Canal park. Most of them were Lithuanian, Polish, and German citizens. There were also tourists from Sweden, France, Spain, and Italy. The western region of Belarus expects the tourist inflow to keep growing since on 1 January the duration of visa-free stay was...

Foreign citizens’ visa-free stay in some areas of the Brest and Grodno was extended to 10 days Foreign citizens can now stay in some areas of the Brest and Grodno regions for up to 10 days without visas. The relevant decree was signed by the President of Belarus. From January 1, foreign tourists who came to the Augustow Canal will also be able to visit Grodno and Grodno region. Visitors of the Belovezhskaya Pushcha will be able to visit Brest, as well as Brest, Zhabinka, Kamenets, Pruzhany and...

Over «visa-free year», tourists spent more than $10 million in Grodno region Belarus' regional center Grodno saw a new record – the 50-thousandth tourist. It was a citizen of the Polish town of Augustow. The guest was congratulated by the regional administration and got memorabilia and an invitation to come to Grodno again. According to experts, the «visa-free year» was not only beneficial for the Grodno region in terms of improving its image, but also in terms of economy. The tourists spent there...

Minsk region develops cooperation with the Chinese Lanzhou Cooperation with the Chinese city of Lanzhou could attract more than three million potential tourists to Minsk. The guests plan to develop relations in all spheres of tourism, from cultural to medical. Pointers in Chinese are already appearing in the Minsk region, and most tourist sites will soon be translated into Chinese. Today, Belarus and Lanzhou are connected by railway routes. Cargo trains began running between ...

Father Frost's residence to work throughout all holidays The winter entertainment season kicked off at the Augustow Canal. The main Father Frost of the Grodno region returned to his estate. New Year's wizard lit the Christmas tree and received first guests. The youngest ones saw performances and met with fairy-tale characters. Also, everyone could participate in the master classes in making New Year's souvenirs with their own hands or trying themselves at folk dances. The residence of Father Frost...

... of Minsk region develop new avenues Tourist homesteads and ethnographic complexes of the Minsk region propose the visitors to degust farmstead food, listen to folk musicians, walk along ecological paths. This year, the Belarusian agro-environmental tourism marks 15 years. Over the time, more than two thousand tourist homesteads were founded, tourist routes and educational programs developed. The Beresinsky reserve boasts the only museum of myths, the Volozhin district features a map of creative ...

Best experts and destinations in tourism area named in Minsk Best experts and destinations in the tourism area have been named in Minsk. The competition «Discover Belarus» has been held for 15 years. Tour operators, guides, as well as museums, city and rural hotels compete for the ...

«August Velo» cycling route to become part of international network «GREEN VELO» The Augustow Canal Park will be included in cross-border cycling and water routes. A visa-free entry to the park was introduced a year. It caused an inflow of tourists. Since the beginning of the year, the Canal was visited by 85 thousand people. The number of foreign tourists has grown more than 3 times. In the near future the «August Velo» cycling route will become part of the international network «GREEN VELO»....

Minsk was visited by 56.000 visa-free tourists from 68 countries Minsk has already been visited by 56 thousand tourists from 68 countries using the visa-free regime. The largest number of guests came from Germany, Poland, Italy, the United States and Britain. As a result, the export of services grew by 34%. The five-day visa-free regime for citizens of 80 countries was launched in February this year. Citizens of 39 countries of Europe and other countries can come to Belarus without a visa.