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Big photo: A view of Kfar Kama with
Mount Tabor in the background.
Inset: Traditional Circassian cheeses
and fried pastry.
Members of the folk dance group
Tipsa. The Circassian Heritage
Center. Dancers performing a
Circassian dance.
Photos: Local Council of Kfar Kama

processes and a center for the preservation
of Circassian heritage that offers tours of the
alleys of the old village, an audiovisual show
and tastings of Circassian cuisine.
Kfar Kama was awarded by the United Nations
Tourism Organization (UNWTO) inclusion into
the exclusive list of tourist villages that are
recommended to be visited. The purpose of
the prestigious competition, which was held in
2022 for the second time in a row, is to leverage
rural tourism—with a desire to preserve the
rural and touristic landscape of settlements
with up to 15 thousand inhabitants.

According to the United Nations, the
importance of promoting touristic villages
stems from the desire to preserve the
community character, alongside the
landscapes associated with them, knowledge
systems and biological and cultural diversity,
while striving to promote innovative and
sustainable approaches to the development
of tourism in rural destinations. 57 countries
submitted 130 applications to receive the
prestigious title. The final list of winning villages
is to be presented by the United Nations on
January 20, 2023.

Winning this international recognition is
expected to encourage an increase in tourism
and the development of Israel's rural areas in
general, especially the one near the winning
village of the Lower Galilee. The announcement
conference took place in Saudi Arabia in
February 2023.

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