New tourism booklet of Belarus was published in eight languages

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"Discover Your Belarus" - booklet with that title issued by the National Tourism Agency. The booklet will be available in eight languages: Russian, Polish, German, English, French, Chinese, Arabic, and Hebrew. The proeject was designed by belarusian agency PocketRocket.

“We engaged a design agency and young Belarusian photographers to this project. We wanted to convey the atmosphere of tranquility, cleanliness, comfort and total absence of haste. This is what the tourists who have already visited Belarus take note of”, said Irina Gordiyenko, the head of marketing at the National Tourism Agency.

The publication will be available at international tourism expos in the countries where the National Tourism Agency will present Belarus in 2017, and at Belarus’ diplomatic missions. In January the booklet will be available in .pdf version on the official website of the National Tourism Agency of Belarus, BelTA writes

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