Appreciate the cleanliness of the streets, calm roads and delicious sweets: bloggers from India - about the first impressions of Belarus

From October 24 to October 30, Belarus hosts an introductory tour of Belarus for video bloggers with a multi-million audience from India. The project is organized by the National Tourism Agency. Partners of the initiative are Belavia Airlines and TravelGo tour booking service. There are many different locations in the weekly program. Today, for example, guests continue to discover Minsk. Details are reported by sb.by correspondent.

The first in the program of Sunday was “Kommunarka”. First, the guests were told about the nuances of the enterprise and the intricacies of production, then conducted through the museum and shops of the confectionery factory. We ended the visit with a visit to a cafe and a company store.

Elena Fedorova, Head of Industrial Tourism at Kommunarka JSC, said that industrial tourism at the enterprise has been developing since 2012. During this time, more than 200 thousand tourists from around the world took here. Only in 2025 - about 33 thousand people. About 45,000 are expected in 2026.

Tourists are accepted daily, from morning to evening. Our last tour ends at 20:00. At the same time, everything is painted not only until the end of this year, but also for the first half of next year, said Elena Fedorova.

- We offer a unique opportunity to visit the production and see how the famous chocolate awarded with the Republican quality mark is produced by your favorite sweets, Elena Fedorova emphasized.

She noted that for the convenience of guests there is an online reservation form - an innovation of this year. Also in 2026, the format of individual excursions was introduced for groups of a maximum of six people, which are especially popular with foreign tourists. Next year, Kommunarka will offer guests new excursion programs, including the possibility of holding corporate and personal birthdays.

- Today we are pleased to receive a delegation of guests from India. Its citizens do not often visit our enterprise, so we hope that after the visit of bloggers, more residents of this warm country will learn more about Belarus, and about such an interesting place to visit as Kommunarka.

- I loved it, it was an unusual experience for me. I was interested to see and learn how Belarusian chocolate is made, from the moment of production of raw materials to the stage of packaging. I really liked the taste of chocolate with chili pepper and Dubai.

The blogger noted that she knew a little about our country before the trip here, because she is curious about the culture. For example, I already learned a few words in Belarusian - I was happy to welcome you:

- Good laundry!

The guest admitted that on the way from the airport drew attention to the cleanliness of the streets, tranquility on the roads – no one honks.

- This is an important contrast with India, Shveta Pal explained. I look forward to seeing your Belarusian forests – the program includes a visit to the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, where we will spend the night. I really want to see the forest animals.

- In my opinion, Belarus is the cleanest and safest country in Europe, Nikel said. I like to explore everything new, and Belarus is a country that not everyone knows about, a beautiful country, so I am interested to visit here and show it to my audience.

Today’s program also includes a tour of October Street, a visit to the National Library, the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus. Then the guests will go to Mir Castle, visit the palace in Svyatsk, Grodno, Lida Castle, Vitebsk, Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve and other objects.