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As part of the implementation of the national project “Tourism and Hospitality Industry”, the Government, together with the regions, is actively developing the tourism infrastructure, opening new national routes and making travel around the country even more exciting and comfortable. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
“Development of tourism infrastructure is a complex task that the Government is solving on the instructions of President Vladimir Putin. Thanks to the national project “Tourism and Hospitality Industry”, we are increasing the availability of recreation for Russians and creating new routes. Traveling around Russia is safe, accessible and comfortable. Today, 56 national routes unite 50 regions, allowing travelers to see interesting sights of our country. In this way, we are popularizing domestic tourism, revealing the potential of the regions,” the Deputy Prime Minister said.
Dmitry Chernyshenko added that national routes run through all federal districts, and the leader in their number is the North-West, where 16 routes have received national status.
Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov spoke about the advantages of new national tourist routes.
“National tourist routes are the result of the work of regional teams, a unique and ready-made tourist product. Each route is based on a verified set of tourist services that allow travelers to immerse themselves deeply in the history and culture of the territory in a short time, learn about its ethnographic and gastronomic features. For regions, this is not only an opportunity to declare themselves, but also an additional tool for promoting and attracting tourists, as well as an opportunity to receive funds from the national project for the development of infrastructure. For travelers, this is a guarantee of high quality, thoughtfulness and often greater accessibility of the trip,” said Maxim Reshetnikov.
The Association of Tour Operators of Russia noted that the main goal of such routes is to ensure that tourists are absolutely confident in their comfort and the optimal price-quality ratio while traveling around the country.
“Assigning the status of a national tourist route is a quality mark, a guarantee of its compliance with the highest requirements formulated in the decree of the Government of Russia. Each national tourist route has its own specifics, and a tourist can choose the most interesting destination for themselves. All NTMs are logistically thought out, have ready-made recommendations on where to stay and stay, are safe and comfortable. When choosing a trip along each route, a tourist can either use the services of tour operators or go independently. Descriptions and programs of national tourist routes can be found on a special page of the national tourism portal “Puteshestvoem.rf”, – clarified the executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia Maya Lomidze.
The leader in the number of national tourist routes is the Leningrad Region, where the routes “History and Secrets of Medieval Vyborg” have been developed, as well as interregional routes – “Gosudareva Doroga”, which unites the sights of the Moscow, Tver, Leningrad and Novgorod Regions, and “Energy of Ladoga”, which passes through the Leningrad Region and Karelia and received a new status in October.
“Lake Ladoga is the largest lake in Europe, the cleanest, many rivers flow into it, and only one flows out. It was here that Russian statehood was born, famous monasteries are located, which are a stronghold of spirituality. The unique nature of Lake Ladoga – the Karelian Isthmus, kames and eskers, skerries and numerous bays – all this is united by one route. For the region, the emergence of another national tourist route is very important in terms of regulating the tourist flow, positioning in the tourist geography of Russia. Thanks to the emergence of another national tourist route, the tourist flow to the region can grow annually from 5 to 10%. The plans include the development and promotion of NTM in the Russian and foreign markets,” said Olga Golubeva, Deputy Chairperson of the Committee for Culture and Tourism of the Leningrad Region – Head of the Tourism Department.
Among the routes that received a new status in October are “The Secret North: from Arkhangelsk to Solovki,” which allows travelers to get acquainted with the history and traditions of the Russian North and visit the Solovetsky Archipelago, as well as the ethnographic tourist route through the Rostov Region “The Great Cossack Circle,” which offers an immersion in the traditions of the Cossacks.
According to a study by the Association of Tour Operators of Russia, the most popular routes among organized tourists were the Grand Tour “All of Karelia”, as well as “Stories and Secrets of Medieval Vyborg”, “Zhigulevskie Weekend”, “Hello, Altai” and “Arkhangelsk – the Arctic Begins Here”.
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