Two Ukrainian villages were included in the list of 55 best tourist villages according to UN Tourism 2024, according to the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine.
DART says that for the first time in history
two villages from Ukraine have been included in one of the world's largest tourist networks - The Best Tourism Villages
according to the World Tourism Organization (a specialized agency of the United Nations) UN Tourism
The best tourist villages in Ukraine (screenshot: tourism-villages.unwto.org)
the state agency sent a package of documents from five Ukrainian villages - Vorokhta
The applications of the Ukrainian contestants were selected by representatives of the Advisory Board among more than 260 participants from more than 60 countries
The winners were announced during the 122nd session of the UN Executive Board on Tourism
The Secretary-General of UN Tourism emphasized that the main goal of this global initiative is to draw the attention of travelers from all over the world to villages where tourism helps preserve culture
Representatives of UN Tourism will bring the official awards for Urych and Vorokhta to Ukraine from Colombia:
The award ceremony will take place on November 28 at the III National Tourism Summit in Lviv
The head of the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine
said that the inclusion of Ukrainian villages in this global network opens up positive prospects for the nominees
DART noted that UN Tourism launched the global initiative The Best Tourism Villages in 2021
the network of the best tourist villages according to UN Tourism (which includes 199 villages from around the world) has been expanded to include 55 new ones (including two Ukrainian ones)
The post of the State Tourism Agency (screenshot: facebook.com/DARTUkraine)
The post of the State Tourism Agency (screenshot: facebook.com/DARTUkraine)
Urych is a village located in the Skole urban community of the Stryi district of Lviv region
The Urychanka River (a left tributary of the Stryi River) flows through the village
there is an ancient Rus rock defense complex Tustan
which became the basis for the creation of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve of the same name
Location of the village of Urych (screenshot: google.com/maps)
You can get to Urych by car or by public transport - bus or train
Vorokhta is the administrative center of the Vorokhta settlement community in the Nadvirna district of Ivano-Frankivsk region
The village is located at an altitude of 850 meters above sea level
Vorokhta is surrounded by mountains and forests on almost all sides
and Parodchyn streams flow through the village and into the Prut
Location of Vorokhta village (screenshot: google.com/maps)
and the route will depend on the starting point of your trip
You can get to the village either by car or by public transport - taxis
That’s according to the national police’s regional office
whose press service chief Hanna Dan spoke with Ukrinform
A hiking trip to the Carpathian Mountains has turned into a nightmare for a group of tourists who were unfortunate to light a bonfire over what law enforcers believe was a World War 1-era unexploded ordnance
"Police are currently considering the version that tourists who camped in the Carpathians near Mount Pid-Berdy on the evening of September 15
lit a fire at the site where an old World War I shell lay
which led to its detonation,” said the PD spokeswoman
Police found a funnel from the explosion and shell fragments damaged by corrosion scattered around the incident site
It is in this area that the so-called Arpad line passes - a system of defense fortifications set up by the Hungarians in the first half of the 20th century
The police are investigating the explosion as an “accident.”
those injured in the blast were evacuated to the foot of the mountain and handed over to medical staff for further hospitalization
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