President Mikheil Saakashvili attended Old Tbilisi rehabilitation project presentation today and announced a competition to restore Old Tbilisi magnificence. President Saakashvili stressed that next year Old Tbilisi must develop and become the center for tourism.

"Next year "Viris Khidi" with its shops and cafes should be restored, so that foreigners could admire the beauty of Georgia. Development of tourism in Georgia is inevitable," the President said.

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of the President of Georgia