The winners and awardees of the II Open competition of tourist projects "I invite you to the small motherland" were named in YKSUG

35 teams of educational institutions of the Grodno region took part in the competition, which was held remotely this year.
The children had to demonstrate the tourist attractions of their native land and develop their own project to develop the tourist attractiveness of the small motherland. The organizers note that the contest entries showed outstanding creativity and entrepreneurial abilities of the participating teams.
By results of the competition the owners of diplomas of the first degree have become the teams "PRAVO™" of the secondary school № 27 of Grodno, "Kornadskaya star" of the educational-pedagogical complex kindergarten-basic school of Kornady and "Mirianochki" of the high school of Mir.
Diplomas of the second degree were won by the teams "The wolves" of the gymnasium № 1 of Volkovysk, "Wandrowniki" of the educational-pedagogical complex kindergarten-high school of Berdovka and "New generation" of the high school of Ditviany.
The teams "Krewlianachki" of the educational-pedagogical complex of nursery school of Krevo, "Nashchadki wawerskai zyamli" of Zhirmunsky educational-pedagogical complex kindergarten-high school, and the team "Adradjenne" of the educational-pedagogical complex kindergarten-high school of Verdomichi have received diplomas of the III degree.
In addition, in 2020, the competition jury named the winners in separate categories for the first time. Thus, the victory in the category "Professional vision of the tourism potential of the region" was shared by the teams "Ecostyle" of the Radunsky regional center of tourism, local history and ecology and "Volkray" of the Volkovysk regional center of tourism and local history of children and youth.
In the category "Best project of military-patriotic themes in tourism" the first team was "Local historians" of the secondary school № 1 of Lida. In the category "Original animation program", the team "Belarus Unconquered" of the gymnasium № 10 of Grodno was beyond comparison. The team "Devchata" of the secondary school № 3 of Oshmyany received the nomination "Creating an atmosphere of hospitality". Several teams successfully competed for the victory in the category "Choice of YouTube channel users", gaining views and likes. As a result, the video project of the Slonim team of the Slonim district center of additional education of children and youth has become the most popular.

The works of all participants can be found on the YouTube channel "I invite you to the small motherland".
The contest was organized by the Department of tourism and cultural heritage of the Faculty of History, Communication and Tourism with the support of main Department of Education of Grodno Regional Executive Committee, Administration of Sport and Tourism of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee, Grodno Regional Centre of Tourism and Local History.