Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets reported that Russian resorts could be visited by 7.7 million tourists during the New Year holidays.
The topic of tourism development in the Russian Federation was raised at a meeting with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, RIA Novosti reports.
"During "We expect that during the school holidays, the number of tourists at Russian resorts will exceed 7.7 million people. On the one hand, this is our historical record, but on the other hand, we are already prepared for it," Olga Golodets noted.
She believes that over 350 thousand tourists will visit Sochi during the winter holidays, and over 120 thousand travelers will go to the resorts of Karachay-Cherkessia. Olga Golodets notes that perhaps the most popular destinations during the New Year holidays will be the Kemerovo, Leningrad, Murmansk, Sakhalin regions, etc.
Source: trn-news.ru