Grodno and Suwalki (Poland) are set to launch the first cross-border ethno-cultural tourist route “A trip to the ethnic fairytale” in July, BelTA quotes Director of the Suwalki Chamber of Agriculture and Tourism Elzbieta Niedziejko. The project targets, first of all, tourists from Belarus, Lithuania and Poland. This new tourist product is part of the international technical aid program “Improvement of cross-border region attractiveness through the introduction of ethno-cultural resources into the tourist activities (a trip to the ethnic fairytale)”. The project is financed by the European Union within the framework of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument. 

The Belarusian section of the route will include Grodno, Korobchitsy, Odelsk, Gudevichi, Ozery, Vasilishki and Radun. The route will feature the Ozery natural reserve, the Jewish Culture Museum in Radun, the Local Lore Center in Lida, the Czeslaw Niemen House-Museum in Vasilishki, Gudevichi State Museum of Literature and Local Lore and many more.