The number of Russians who have stayed inside the country reached 56 million by the end of 2021, the Federal Tourism Agency reported. Only those tourists who have stayed in hotels for at least one night are taken into account in the calculations. At the same time, the indicator of Russians who traveled around the country in 2021 recovered by almost 90% to the level of 2019. It is one of the best dynamics of domestic tourism recovery in the world.
«There are regions that will fully recover, or even surpass the indicators of 2019. These are, first of all, Crimea, the Krasnodar Territory and such increasingly popular destinations as Altai, Kamchatka, Kaliningrad Region, Karelia, Sakhalin, Murmansk Region, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and others,» said the head of Rostourism Zarina Doguzova.
Due to the outstripping growth rates of domestic tourism at the end of the year, Russia will restore the industry by an average of 80% from the pre-covid level. In 2021, the employment rate in tourism rose by 92%, to 2.3 million people.
The largest maze on the coast has opened in the city of Siófok on the southern shore of Lake Balaton. It was built from 200 hay bales and covers an area of 600 square meters
A virtual tour of the ancient Strashnaya Cave, located in the Krasnoshchekovsky district of the Altai Territory, is now available on the "3D Archaeology" website (a project of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
A grand journey for Father Frost aboard his magical train will begin this year on November 19th at the Taishet station, lasting for 54 days. During this time, the train will cover nearly 30,000 kilometers
The digital art festival "Miracle of Light" will take place from November 2nd to 4th at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. Bright projections will be accompanied by music, and artists will present unique compositions: they will tell the story of St. Petersburg in their own way and introduce the audience to unusual characters. This was announced on the festival's page on the social network VKontakte
