MINSK, 22 April (BelTA) – The Pripyatsky National Park hosted a seminar for Belarusian tourism professionals, including tour guides and interpreters, , BelTA learned from the National Tourism Agency.
The two-day seminar highlighted the historical and cultural heritage, folk crafts, traditions, flora and fauna of the Belarusian Polesie, and infrastructure.
The first point was a bird ringing station in the Turov Meadow reserve. The participants of the seminar will also visit three eco-routes: floodplain oak forests, upper bogs and the trailway to the Tsar Pine.
The National Park is located in the floodplain of the Pripyat basin spanning three districts of Zhitkovichi, Lelchitsy and Petrikov. These territories annually attract people from different countries: some come here to enjoy the beauty of Polesie, others go hunting and fishing.
Pripyatsky National Park offers guests archeological, water, gastronomic, ornithological, ecological and ethno-ecological tours and sites for business events.
The park's flora includes over 1,000 plant species, 57 of which are included in Belarus’ Red Book of endangered species. Forests account for more than 75% of the territory. The most widespread are pine and oak forests.
There are 45 species of mammals, 255 species of birds, 7 species of reptiles, 11 species of amphibians, 45 species of fish and others. The Pripyat floodplain is the largest migration channel of migratory birds in Europe.
The two-day seminar highlighted the historical and cultural heritage, folk crafts, traditions, flora and fauna of the Belarusian Polesie, and infrastructure.
The first point was a bird ringing station in the Turov Meadow reserve. The participants of the seminar will also visit three eco-routes: floodplain oak forests, upper bogs and the trailway to the Tsar Pine.
The National Park is located in the floodplain of the Pripyat basin spanning three districts of Zhitkovichi, Lelchitsy and Petrikov. These territories annually attract people from different countries: some come here to enjoy the beauty of Polesie, others go hunting and fishing.
Pripyatsky National Park offers guests archeological, water, gastronomic, ornithological, ecological and ethno-ecological tours and sites for business events.
The park's flora includes over 1,000 plant species, 57 of which are included in Belarus’ Red Book of endangered species. Forests account for more than 75% of the territory. The most widespread are pine and oak forests.
There are 45 species of mammals, 255 species of birds, 7 species of reptiles, 11 species of amphibians, 45 species of fish and others. The Pripyat floodplain is the largest migration channel of migratory birds in Europe.
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