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Ministry of environment and the Agency for strategic initiatives (ASI) will jointly promote eco-tourism. As reported by “RG” in the Agency on 16 June, the country launched a competition to identify pilot areas for the development of ecotourism. Will conduct its project office ASI to 16 October. It is planned to select projects for creation of tourist and recreational clusters on the specially protected natural territories. Contest details ASI promised to publish later.

an industry Source said that in the end should appear ready offers that the tour operators to offer tourists. Clusters of eco-tourism will operate in different regions, for example, on the basis of the Sochi national Park, in the Elbrus region, the national Park “Krasnoyarsk Stolby”. It can be both one-day and weekly tours. Thus it is expected to disperse the flow of tourists. But the demand for such products will have to provide space to accommodate close to national parks and build public transport, to create tourist trails, observation deck, the place for food and relax.

support for the domestic tourism in General and ecotourism in particular has promised to the government. Entrepreneurs creating eco-projects and camping, will provide grants, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko during the meeting, Prime Minister Mikhail mishustina with Deputy Prime Ministers.

Ecotourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of tourism in the world. “But in Russia, the direction is not very developed, although it is important for areas with unique natural conditions,” – said Vice-President of the Russian Union of travel industry Yuri Barzykin. Tourist information centres are already creating itineraries tailored to the needs of tourists, among which ecotourism, family vacation, said the President of the National Union of hospitality Grant Babasyan.