"Today this gently beguiling holiday resort [Batumi] is an exhibition of Georgia's capitalist achievements, a showcase of its transition."
"Faded Black Sea port putting on a fresh face. Tamer region bolsters Georgian resort The 19-th century port built by French architects is a place where palm and grapevine covered foothills of the Caucasus mountains cascade onto gray pebble beaches. The economy grew 9% last year, with foreign visits up 14%."
"Today this gently beguiling holiday resort [Batumi] is an exhibition of Georgia's capitalist achievements, a showcase of its transition."
"Batumi is developing at a speed that would make China blush."
"Batumi is emerging as the Black Sea’s newest and poshest resort."
"Ten years ago, it was a miserable backwater in Georgia with little going Sport Tech Culture for it. Today, it is a busy resort town attracting hordes of tourists."
"Adjaria - Georgian success story."
"Like Beirut on the Mediterranean Sea, a cosmopolitan seafront town that dropped off the map because of war, Batumi on the Black Sea is slowly shaking off its stupor. The transformation is moving rapidly."
"Batumi seems to have rediscovered its cosmopolitan past."
"The rebirth and redevelopment of Batumi is properly called the “Batumi Miracle”."