Our authors

Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze

Founder and medical reviewer — MD, MPH, PhD

MD, MPH, PhD | Physician and international public health expert with experience across 30+ countries on every continent | Head of the School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University, Tbilisi | Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG) | Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal | Specialist in health & medical tourism | Founder & President, Accréditation Sans Frontières, Paris | Principal adviser to the Prime Minister of Georgia during COVID-19 | ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515

Nino Gelashvili

Travel News Editor

Travel news editor at GTour. Covers travel alerts, entry rules, weather and road conditions across Georgia, with daily checks of official sources so visitors get information that is current, not last season's.

David Kiknadze

Transport & Openings Reporter

Reports on flights, airports, railways and road transport in Georgia, plus new hotels, restaurants and attractions. Based in Tbilisi, often on the road to Batumi and Kutaisi.

Mariam Lomidze

Culture & Events Reporter

Writes about festivals, wine harvests, concerts, museums and the tourism industry in Georgia. Her beat is what is happening this week and why it is worth the trip.

Safari News — Africa Calling Safaris

Partner desk, Nairobi

Partner desk. Safari News is the publication of Africa Calling Safaris, GTour's partner for East African travel. Items in this section are published by Safari News and shared on GTour with permission; the original lives at news.africacallingsafaris.com.