The Murmansk region, a region participating in the federal project "Gastronomic Map of Russia", was ranked fourth along with the Altai Region. Crimea took the first place, Karelia came second, and Tatarstan and Bashkiria were third.
The regional Committee on Tourism noted that the stable position of the Murmansk region in the ratings of the development of gastronomic tourism in Russia is associated with interaction within the framework of the federal project "Gastronomic Map of Russia».
“The Murmansk region is the most active participant in the development and promotion of one of the most promising areas of Russian regional cuisine - Arctic cuisine. We are proud of the results of our joint team work, thanks to which local cuisine is becoming an integral part of tourism in the Arctic territories,” said Maxim Bugaev.
The menu of the Arctic cuisine you can find out at https://tourism.gov-murman.ru/documents/folder/ and at www.gastromaprussia.ru/gastromap51 On the websites you can find all restaurants and hotels participating in the federal project "Gastronomic map of Russia" and explore the menu.
"Arctic cuisine" is based not only on the taste, but also on the exceptional useful properties of the products and wild plants of the Kola Peninsula: dietary venison with a high content of vitamins, minerals and proteins, wild plants of the North - both food and medicinal products of nature, a source of vitamins, trace elements - " treasure of the North ”cloudberry, blueberry, lingonberry, crowberry, blueberry, Khibiny mountain herbs, as well as mushrooms and lichen from the Lovozero tundra; seafood, fish from the Barents Sea (cod, salmon, halibut, catfish, sea urchin, scallop, crab), mussels from the White Sea and fish from thousands of lakes in the Murmansk region.