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Sights of Sochi to become mobile app

Sights of Sochi to become mobile app

Sochi authorities are creating the first information center that will consider all the wishes of citizens and tourists. The first result of the center’s activities will be a mobile application with the sightseeing routes and points of …

Tourists asked to avoid mountains in Crimea

Tourists asked to avoid mountains in Crimea

The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Crimea, Sergey Shakhov, said today that tourists were advised to temporarily refuse to visit the Crimean mountains after the incident with the blockade of more than 300 tourists on Ai-Petri …

Winter season kicks off in Gorky Gorod

Winter season kicks off in Gorky Gorod

Today, the first ski slopes, located at an altitude of 2000 m above sea level, opened in Sochi, the Gorky Gorod resort’s press service reported. "The slope opened, cableways are working, the first skiers are already there. …

Putin assesses Russian-Turkish relations

Putin assesses Russian-Turkish relations

Russian-Turkish relations are on the rise, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in South …

Football fans spend almost $1.6bn in Moscow during World Cup

Football fans spend almost $1.6bn in Moscow during World Cup

Football fans visiting Moscow during the World Cup added about 96.6 billion rubles ($1.6 billion) to the city coffers during the tournament, which ran from June 14 to July 15. "[A total of] 3.8 million fans attended the World Cup …

Year of Children's Tourism starts in Russia

Year of Children's Tourism starts in Russia

The Year of Children's Tourism will be held in Russia in accordance with the 2018-2020 plan of events in the framework of the Decade for Childhood. A relevant order is published on the website of the Cabinet. The Ministry of …

Swiss fans book hotel in wrong Russia's Rostov

Swiss fans book hotel in wrong Russia's Rostov

A group of Swiss World Cup fans booked a hotel in the wrong Russian city, confusing Rostov-on-Don with Rostov Veliky, 1281 km away.  Russian media reported the fans called police when they could not find the hotel, while finding …

Tax free to be extended to whole Russia in 2019

Tax free to be extended to whole Russia in 2019

Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade of plans in 2019 to extend the tax free system to all Russian cities after a pilot project in the cities hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov …

Crimea to simplify visa issuance to foreigners

Crimea to simplify visa issuance to foreigners

The Crimean authorities are ready to organize centers for the entry of foreign tourists for a simplified visa application, the head of the Parliamentary Committee of the Republic for the Sanatorium and Resort Complex and Tourism, …

Equivalent of Booking.com may be created in North Caucasus

Equivalent of Booking.com may be created in North Caucasus

Russia may create an electronic database that will, like Booking.com, include all information about holidays in the North Caucasus regions and as well as have function to book hotels, cars, restaurants, deputy head of the Ministry of North …

‘Prince Vladimir’ arrives in Sochi

‘Prince Vladimir’ arrives in Sochi

Cruise ship ‘Prince Vladimir’ arrived in Sochi from Sevastopol to begin the first trip  with tourists on board,  the Sochi seaport reports. ‘Prince Vladimir’ entered the port of Sochi, its departure to …