In the heat people do not stay in the south, they want to relax in the North, where it is comfortable and cool. Global warming also creates additional competitive advantages for the development of tourism in the Far North, said the adviser to the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Christopher Konstantinidi.
"People do not want to be in the south during the peak of summer, in the heat they want to relax in the North, where it is comfortable and cool. Many, on the contrary, go for the cold. The trend is when Arabs come to Moscow. This is an opportunity to get an international tourist here in the North," he told reporters.
According to Konstantinidi, interest in the Arctic has grown markedly in recent years: the Arctic destination accounts for five percent of the total tourist flow. To attract tourists, each region of the Arctic must be recognizable: it is necessary to present gastronomy and unique territories, the expert pointed out.
The press service of the "Clean Arctic" project announced that the names of the 20 finalists of the all-Russian "Ticket to the Arctic" contest have been revealed
The ice-resistant self-propelled platform "North Pole" has departed from the port of Saint Petersburg for Murmansk, where the drifting polar expedition "North Pole-42" will be launched
The Russian Federation Volunteers of the Clean Arctic environmental project have completed the cleaning of Tiksi village, Russia's northernmost port located beyond the Arctic Circle, the project's press service reported
The start of the fourth season of the federal project "Clean Arctic" in Tiksi village was given by the head of Yakutia Aisen Nikolaev, the head of the Clean Arctic project Andrey Nagibin and the head of the Bulunsky district Afanasy Androsov
The expedition of Clean Arctic volunteers to Cape Chelyuskin will start on August 30 from Arkhangelsk, said Andrey Nagibin, head of the Clean Arctic public project