The project "Ilchir - the treasure of the Soyots" at the end of October won in the nomination "Ethnocultural tourism" of the All-Russian competition "Eco.Ethno.Creative tourism". In the final of the competition, which took place in Moscow, the project was represented by a joint team of the Okinsky district of Buryatia and the Baikal tourist information center. The new route is scheduled to open next year.
"Ilchir - Soyot Treasure" is a seven-day tour route based on Soyot culture. It is scheduled to launch in the spring of 2023. A series of events is aimed at tourists from other regions,” the Baikal Tourist Information Center reports on its website.
The target audience of the project is residents of the Irkutsk region, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Moscow, St. Petersburg and other million-plus cities.
The guests will be met at the airport of Irkutsk, then they will be taken to the Okinsky district to Lake Ilchir.
“Tourists will be able to ride reindeer, climb Mount Munku Sardyk, take a steam bath in a jade bath, perform Soyot rituals, and so on,” the center noted.
The route will involve the Ilchir ethnocomplex, an open-air museum founded in 2009 that has preserved the culture of the Soyots, the descendants of the Sayan Samoyeds, who were part of the ancient population of the Eastern Sayan.
“Soyots are an indigenous small people inhabiting the Oka region. They are a sub-ethnos within the Buryat people,” Baikal notes.
The ethnocomplex "Ilchir" is located within the Soroq ulus, on the territory of 1803 sq.m. with a picturesque landscape and a unique ancient history.
The heart of the ethno-complex is the summer and winter versions of the ursa - traditional Soyot dwellings, there are also yurts, eight-walled houses. Collected household utensils and crafts, reproduced life.
“The most impressive exhibit of the complex is the skeleton of a cave hyena, assembled from perfectly preserved bones by master jeweler Vladimir Tabituev. At St. Petersburg State University, its age was determined by radiocarbon dating. It was 30900 years, which corresponds to the Karginsky interglacial, i.e. The hyena lived until the last glaciation,” says the Baikal Center.
Participants discussed the boundary between nature and ecotourism, whether mass visits to unique areas can remain safe, the responsibilities of investors, and how to prepare tourists for visiting specially protected natural areas.
The head of state expressed confidence that the Forum will be held at a high level, and that its results will contribute to the development of tourism in Russia and the expansion of humanitarian and business ties.
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