Georgia (The Country) Is On Everyone’s Mind Thanks To This Viral Facebook Group – reads the headline of the article written by journalist and traveler Breanna Wilson for Forbes Magazine.

The article is about Georgia and the campaign #spendyoursummeringeorgia, which took place following the June 20 developments in the country’s capital Tbilisi and the travel embargo imposed by President Vladimir Putin, significantly decreasing the number of Russian tourists visiting Georgia and resulting in financial damage to the country’s economy.

“This isn’t my first love letter to Georgia. Last year I called Tbilisi one of the most exciting cities in the world," Wilson writes.

"And, after weeks of protests in the city center, Georgians have banded together not just IRL (in real life) but online as well, which is how the Facebook group Spend your Summer in Georgia became the region’s best travel campaign of the summer.

"Started by five Georgians, the page went viral overnight. With more than 275,000 members to date, I can’t scroll through my Facebook feed without being taunted by the deliciousness of khinkali, mesmerized by the beauty of traditional Georgian dance, or teased into dropping everything to hike my way through Georgia’s incredibly diverse countryside.

"And there are plenty of ways to go from just dreaming about Georgia to actually traveling there. And these five tours are the way to do it,” Wilson says, going on to explore the nature, cuisine, and architecture of Georgia.

Read the full story here 

By Ana Dumbadze

Photo by Katie Ruth Davies