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28.12.2012 |

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


Dear friends, colleagues and partners! We wish you a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! This year was important for us. It was the year of our 10th anniversary. We summed up the results and started planning the future. A lot has been done, but it’s still much to be done. We wish all ‘pioneers’ of rural tourism and all the rest who support our movement lots of joy, health and good luck in the coming year! Team of the Belarusian Association “Country Escape”   more info
05.12.2012 |

AGORA 2.0 project is in the homestretch!


This year Belarusian Association “Country Escape” is finalizing AGORA 2.0 project “Heritage tourism for increased BSR identity”, supported by the Baltic Sea Region Program 2007-2013. The project lasted two years, a lot has been done.  more info

The expedition to Dribin fullers

In August the group of experts from the Belarusian Association “Country Escape” visited Dribin district (Mogilev oblast). The region is famous for manufacturing knee-highs felt boots, hats, and mittens from wool. Dribin fullers’ craft is at the moment a claimant to be included to UNESCO Intangible heritage list. During the visit experts together with local initiative group developed and interesting tourism product concept – “Visit to Dribin fullers”.  Such product may include the visit to sheep farm, seeing the process of shearing and combing the wool, making the felt boots and buy a souvenir to bring home. The expedition and seminar took place in terms of the project “Community-based tourism for conservation, partnership and development of rural territories”, supported by the US Embassy Small Grants Program.

 

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