Bekhovo village – the winner of the international competition “Best UNWTO Tourism Villages” 2021

On December 2, in Madrid, the UNWTO announced the winners of the international competition “Best UNWTO Tourism Villages” 2021.

We are very happy that our village Bekhovo in the Tula region became one of the winners of this annual international competition of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

Villages from 75 countries took part in the competition. The application for participation in was done by the Committee for Tourism Development of the the Tula region together with the Polenovo Museum and supported by the Federal Agency for Tourism 💪 At the award ceremony Polenovo was represented by the great-great-grandson of the artist Vassily Ermakov-Polenov.