Every tenth visitor of Belovezhskaya Pushcha is foreigner

Every tenth visitor of the Belovezhskaya Pushcha Reserve is a foreigner, said Ludmila Grechanik, director of the Nature Museum of the Belovezhskaya Puscha Reserve. 

According to Ludmila Grechanik, citizens of almost 70 countries of the world have already visited the Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Every year, the number of the tourists who visit the reserve increases, she noted. In 2007, some 189,000 people visited the Belovezhskaya Pushcha; in 2008 – 270,000. 

Belovezhskaya Pushcha is one of the oldest nature reserves in the world. In 1992, Belovezhskaya Pushcha was included into the UNESCO Heritage List. In 1993, it acquired the status of a biosphere reserve, in 1998 – the status of the key international ornithological area. The length of the park makes up over 60 kilometres from north to south and ten to 50 kilometres long from west to east. The area totals 163,505 hectares, 20% of which is a reserve where any human activity is prohibited.