Tourist Infrastructure arranging at Ubisa Monastery in progress
Municipal Development Fund of Regional Development and Infrastructure Ministry of Georgia with the support of the World Bank and the Government of Georgia implement the tourist infrastructure arranging works at Ubisa Monastery in Imereti Region. Mr. Juansher Burchuladze, Executive Director of MDF, Davit Tabidze, Deputy Executive Director of MDF and Mr. Ahmed Eiweida, Sustainable Development Programs Coordinator of the WB in the South Caucasus visited the site to get familiarized with the progress of works stipulated under the project.
Regional Development Project aims at contributing to maintenance of cultural heritage monuments and render assistance to development of tourist infrastructure in Georgia. Basic beneficiaries of the project are locals, whose social conditions will be improved as a result of tourism development along with the tourists visiting the region as they will familiarize themselves with cultural heritage monuments of Imereti region in improved conditions and consume proper infrastructure being in the vicinity of these monuments.
Current project envisages construction of Information Centers, WCs, parking lot and an access road. To date the works progress is active. There have been employed up to 20 people on site. Project cost exceeds GEL 1 300 000 (1 320,159). The works will be completed in December, 2015. Ubisa Monastery also requires restoration and it is also considered under the Regional Development Project of the WB and Georgian Government. Design of conservation-restoration works is under elaboration as of to date.
