VITEBSK, 7 July (BelTA) – The results of the Belarus-Latvia Bella Dvina project will be discussed at an international conference in Polotsk on 8 July, BelTA learnt from the department for physical education, sport and tourism of the Polotsk town executive committee. The conference, Tourist region Bella Dvina as an example of Belarus-Latvia successful cross-border cooperation, will become the final event of the project. The participants of the conference will assess the significance of the project for sustainable development of tourism in the Vitebsk Oblast and the border regions of Latvia. The conference will also focus on further cooperation in implementing the tourist potential of the Belarusian and Latvian regions that take part in the Bella Dvina cross-border cooperation network. A new office of the Polotsk tourist and information center will be inaugurated in Polotsk on the same day. The center together with other seven tourist and information centers set up in the regions will gather and provide information on tourist resources, products and services of the Belarusian-Latvian region Bella Dvina. The Belarusian-Latvian project Bella Dvina is co-financed with assistance of the European Commission as part of the programme “Baltic Sea region – INTERREG IIIB — Good Neighbourly Programme – INTERREG IIIA – Priority Latvia - Lithuania-Belarus (South)”. Its participants are the Polotsk town hall, the Beshenkovichi, Verkhnedvinsk, Vitebsk, Gorodok, Miory, Rossony, Sharkovshchina regions and six regions of Latvia. The partners of the project are Latgale Agency for Regional Development (Latvia), the Vitebsk Center for Regional Research and Development, others.

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