Lonely Planet has listed Georgia among the Top 10 countries to visit next year. Chile, South Korea, Portugal, Djibouti, New Zealand, Malta, Mauritius, China, and South Africa are also named.

“At this crossroads of the South Caucasus, history is not a thing of the past, but informs every complex chess move Georgia makes in the present,” the article says. 

“Forward-thinking but proud of tradition, this is a country of ancient recipes cooked up in tucked-away taverns where toastmasters raise glasses of spirits to honor heroes old and new,” it states. 

You can read the full article here 

By Nino Gugunishvili