Enguri Dam in Georgia’s north-west to enjoy new visitor attractions this year
The major Enguri Dam in Georgia’s west will host visitors with new infrastructure and attractions this year, Nikoloz Antidze, the Director of the state-owned company Enguri Attraction. Photo: Enguri Attraction
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The major Enguri Dam in Georgia’s west will host visitors with new infrastructure and attractions this year, Nikoloz Antidze, the Director of the state-owned company Enguri Attraction, said on Thursday.
Antidze, who leads the company developing the industrial heritage site as a visitor destination, told local media outlet BusinessPressNews the new infrastructure would include a new tunnel to feature an exhibition space, a souvenir shop and a museum about dams of the world.
Climbing attractions, a virtual reality museum adapted for people with all abilities and a 1.2-km-long zipline will also be set up at the location in the north-west of the country.
Antidze said 53,000 people had visited the Dam last year, and expected the number to increase by 40 percent this year.
Enguri Attraction offers walking tours including “all major engineering components” of the Dam, a stop at the top of the Dam for overlooking views, a tunnel, the perimeter tunnel and a section of the shield of the Dam.
The fourth and final stage of the renovation of the Enguri hydropower plant, Georgia’s largest electricity producing facility, is starting in the country’s north-west with the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Union.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Tuesday said the Government had “big plans” for the Enguri hydro power plant, the largest electricity producer in the country, to ensure its “successful” operation.
The first tourist route has opened on Enguri River arch dam, located in Georgia’s northwestern town of Jvari, which is considered the world’s second highest concrete arch dam with a height of 271.5 metres.
The renovated Enguri hydro power plant (HPP), the largest electricity producer in Georgia that also supplies the country’s Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia, has started producing electricity today, announces Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava.