Gelendzhik residents told about the improvement of the city

Gelendzhik locals are waiting for tourists to arrive in the Krasnodar Territory in connection with the opening of beaches that were polluted with fuel oil in 2024. This was reported to Izvestia on April 11.

"There are more new places opening up, new places where you can spend time. There is also a beautiful promenade along which we like to walk. We breathe fresh air, enjoy the greenery and beauty," said Ekaterina Vasilchenko, a local resident.

Married couple Diana and Vladimir Khachaturian noted that the city has become more active in improving, and guests from other regions are increasingly speaking positively about the resort.

"It's very cool that they think about the people who are beautifying (the city. — Ed.). It's very pleasant," Khachaturian stressed.

Wine and love: what the wine town "White Cape" in Gelendzhik will be like

The unique project will start receiving guests next year

The governor of the region, Veniamin Kondratiev, said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 10 that all beaches of the Krasnodar Territory would open this season. According to him, all the beaches in the region where fuel oil emissions were previously recorded will be opened this year.

The first Russian wine city, Bely Cape, is preparing for the start of the tourist season in 2026. This is a complex in Gelendzhik with an area of more than 40 thousand square meters. m., which will include a unique museum dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the tradition of Russian winemaking, restaurants, a wine laboratory, a sommelier school, a cinema and the largest wine library in the Russian Federation. The project is being created by the ROSSIYA Group of Joint Stock Bank and has no analogues in the world.

Gelendzhik Airport began its operation in May 2010. In February 2019, a protocol on the development of an air carrier was signed at the Russian Investment Forum in Sochi. Joint-stock Bank ROSSIYA and VTB became the main investors of the project. Gelendzhik Airport resumed operations in July 2025. Tickets for the first and next flights were sold out after the start of sales.

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