Recommendations for Kazbegi

To finish, there are some recommendations for our Kazbegi project.

If Kazbegi is to be a real CBT project, it will be important to take into consideration the involvement of the local community and the protection of the environmental resources.

First, it’s important to know who decided the Kazbegi tourism project. This question is important because in CBT, the locals must be involved in all parts of the project in order to benefit from it.

The second question is about the Kazbegi locals. It’s important to study the community in order to understand what kind of people live there. This study will determine how to communicate with them.  A feasibility study on cooperation with the community will be necessary in order to see if they wish to accept tourists and if infrastructures already exist. It could be interesting to prepare a list indicating who wants to participate in this project to determine all the local skills.

The third question concerns the redistribution of the benefits. If the local community has not initiated this project, how will the benefits be redistributed among them and how will this help in terms of local economy?

Now, the last question concerns the environment. Kazbegi has been a natural reserve since 1979 and the place is known for its beautiful mountain and trekking opportunities. So CBT must preserve natural resources with a study about the carrying capacity of the area, in order to preserve the environment against negative mass tourism impacts.