The FINANCIAL — From November 24 to December 10, Geogia hosts days of Latvia. Event is entitled “Discover Latvia”. During the event, president of Latvia Andris Bērziņš, the members of government delegation and the group of Latvian entrepreneurs paid official visit to Georgia. One of the main goals of holding of the “Days of Latvia” is to deepen bilateral ties in business, economics, tourism, cultural and educational fields and share of experience.
Latvia is a beautiful country with unique atmosphere, wonderful nature, sandy beaches, rich cultural and historic heritage and world famous amber. A lot of fortresses, tens of modern resorts, hundreds of lakes and mineral waters attract tourists from many countries of the world. All necessary conditions for eco-tourism, health resorts, active beach and relax therapy are here at hand.
Tourism in Georgia and Latvia is the priority direction. Every year 7-8 thousand of Latvian tourists visit Georgia. There’s a good potential of growth of the number of tourists from Latvia, because of the absence of language barrier and direct flights between the two countries. Latvian “Air Baltic Corporation” (airBaltic) performs flights. Besides, seminars about Latvian tourism potential are frequently organized and attended by Georgian travel companies and media representatives. Considering such a live interest, hopefully tourism will become the leading field in the background of successful economic relations between Latvia and Georgia. Political relationship between the two countries is exemplarily successful. It is worth noting, that Latvia issued a stamp dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Georgia.
This small Baltic country has always been considered as a “branch” of Europe. Today Latvia is one of the synonyms of Europe, not only in legal formation, but in doing business as well. A company established in Latvia becomes a part of European market instantly. Also, resources and capacities (financial, legal) and all the prospects of developed European market become available at once.
In the last few years, economic relations between Latvia and Georgia enhanced and deepened rapidly. Business forums are held on a regular basis where participants discuss issues of development of bilateral cooperation in various fields, modern trends in the world economy, the new challenges of strategic management, and methods of management of business information in recent conditions. Latvia and Georgia signed bilateral agreement between the Chambers of Commerce and the Trade Unions Confederations within Georgian-Latvian business forum.
The history and culture of Latvia is a fascinating mixture of various cultures and unique Latvian traditions. None of the European nations preserves its identity as Latvians do. Riga is a blend of a medieval center and a modern city. Riga fits every taste with an enchanting and irresistible charm of old times and it is also a venue for cultural events in an international perspective – which is shown by the fact that it will become the cultural epicenter of Europe in 2014.
Latvia is called a “Country which sings”. Life in the country is mixed up with concerts, musical events and festivals, opera performances, old music festivals and celebrations, jazz music concerts, ethno music and modern music events.
Latvian fashion designers are creating and performing outstanding clothing, accessories and jewelry which are well-known worldwide. On November 25, Tbilisi hosted the fashion show which was organized by Latvian Fashion Chamber.
Georgians were always interested in Latvian culture and heritage. Confirmation of this are widely met in XIX century press. In the late 90th of XIX century Ernests Birznieks-Upitis worked in Caucasus countries. He wrote stories where he expressed a big love to Georgia. “Vepkhistkaosani” by Shota Rustaveli and a lot of other stories and poems of classical Georgian writers and modern authors are translated in Latvian. Stories of Rainis, Ernests Birznieks-Upitis, Lācis and others are translated into Georgian. Special relations between the two countries are evidenced by the fact that the most numerous group of the Latvian Saeima is the Georgia-Latvia parliamentary friendship group.
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