Main Eco Tourist Routes of Floristic Department of Transcaucasia Humid Subtropics of the Batumi Botanical Garden

Batumi Botanical Garden has great eco-tourist potential. Interest of eco-tourists is mainly focused on relatively untouched na tural territories. The article deals with the main eco-tourist routes of the phytogeographical department of Transcaucasia Humid Subtropics of the Batumi Botanical Garden which show almost all the vertical steps of the Colchis vegetation. It gives the visitors general impression on ancient relict Colchis flora and vegetation. For the eco-tourists the phytogeographical department of Transcaucasia Humid Subtropics represents a natural open-air museum that serves conservation of wild life and possesses research, educational, ethno-cultural and recreational importance.