Swedish, Latvian, and Russian tour operators will take part in the tourism week in Vitebsk

October 16, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Tourism Week will kick off in Vitebsk on October 17, the Department of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. Organizers of recreation and tour managers from Latvia, Russia, and Sweden have confirmed their participation in the tourism week. They will visit the sights of Vitebsk and its suburbs, including the Marc Chagall Museum, the Art Museum, and Ilya Repin's estate in Zdravnevo. They will also familiarize themselves with the tourism infrastructure, including hotels and restaurants. Shopping at branded stores of Belarusian manufacturers will be an integral part of the foreign guests' stay program. Swedish and Latvian participants of the week will also summarize the results of the Belarusian-Latvian-Swedish project "Dvina/Daugava Panorama," which was launched in 2006 with the participation of Vitebsk, Polotsk, Daugavpils (Latvia), and the county of Gotland (Sweden). A scientific and practical conference dedicated to the project, "Voices and Visions of Four Years of Cross-Border Cooperation between Belarus, Latvia, and Sweden," will conclude the Tourism Week in Vitebsk on October 21. -0-