MILES AXLE Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
The trend of increasing tourist flow to the capital continues. In the first six months of this year, Moscow received 12.2 million guests, which is six percent more than in the same period of 2019. This was reported by Sergei Sobyanin in his blog.
“The absolute majority of tourists are our compatriots from other regions of Russia. Most often, people come to Moscow for vacation or holiday from St. Petersburg, Krasnodar Krai, Vladimir, Rostov, Tula regions,” the Mayor of Moscow noted.
The average occupancy rate of hotels increased by 75 percent, which is 10 percent higher than the first half of 2023 and three percent higher than the first half of 2019. At the same time, the number of places to accommodate guests is also growing: five hotels with 507 rooms have opened since the beginning of the year.
The contribution of tourism to the city’s economy is steadily growing. The volume of tourist and excursion consumption reached 650 billion rubles, of which budget revenues are estimated at 89 billion rubles. Both figures are a third higher than similar figures for 2019.
Tourism growth is the result comprehensive support for the industry and close cooperation between the city and business.
The majority of tourist traffic occurs during the May holidays and the summer vacation and holiday season.
In the summer, 7.4 million tourists vacationed in Moscow. The average hotel occupancy rate was 78 percent, which is six percent more than the year before.
At the same time, domestic tourism figures are also growing. This year, the capital was visited by 6.7 million people, which is 12 percent higher than the peak figures of the summer of 2019.
Although the majority of travelers are Russians, every fifth guest at Moscow hotels this summer is a foreigner.
The summer period brought 54.5 billion rubles to the city budget, and the volume of tourist and excursion consumption amounted to 398.1 billion rubles.
The capital’s guests were especially fond of summer festivals, such as “Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030” and “Summer in Moscow. Everybody out on the streets!”
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The United Arab Emirates Culture Days, which took place this summer on Manezhnaya Square, attracted over 300,000 people in five days. Visitors enjoyed fashion shows accompanied by traditional music, tried popular national dishes, and learned about unusual crafts. At the site, one could become a guest of a wedding show or see oriental landscapes at an open-air photo exhibition.
The Moscow Estates Festival was held for the third time and became a record-breaker both in duration and scale. The number of visitors exceeded 700 thousand – this is 1.6 times more than in the two previous seasons combined.
More than three thousand events took place: masquerades, theatrical performances, symphonic music concerts and musicals in the scenery of old estates, historical picnics, outdoor games of gorodki, badminton and serso.
The festival brought together 40 estates in the capital.
“We have managed to form a new weekend culture among Muscovites and tourists: the number of visitors to some estates has increased several times compared to the same period last year,” added Sergei Sobyanin.
Post stations where you could sign a postcard with a quill pen were popular. From there, tourists sent over 65 thousand such messages to different cities in Russia.
Almost every second guest of the festival visited the pavilions of the “City Dacha”, 255 liters of jam were cooked from seasonal berries.
This season of “Moscow Tea Party” guests tried and chose the tea blend that is most associated with Moscow. Now golden-amber black tea with the taste of black and red currants, strawberries, with the addition of cornflower petals, safflower, rosebuds and orange slices can be purchased in the capital’s coffee shops.
The real discovery was the iced Moscow tea. Restaurants and cafes presented more than 800 types of the soft drink, and also offered unique recipes. Muscovites and tourists drank about 50 thousand liters of iced tea.
More than 500 events took place on Tverskaya Square, the festival’s flagship venue. They were attended by over 400,000 people. The most popular were thematic theatrical performances, musical talks, and interactive lectures related to tea culture, which were accompanied by useful master classes.
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