The Historic Reenactment Complex "Lazy Torzhok" is celebrating its birthday!

The TurStat Analytic Agency has defined the best festivals and holidays for the weekend of August 11-12. The Top-5 of touristic events for the nearest weekend includes the following trips: to Saint-Petersburg for the Saint-Petersburg River Carnival, to the Great Bolgar, Tatarstan for the Medieval Fighting Festival, to Samara region for the Grushin Festival, to Rostov for the Rostov Performance Festival and to Ruza, Moscow region for the Milk River Festival. The rating was made according to the results of touristic events’ uniqueness and popularity analysis. http://turstat.com/russiatravelweekend1112august2018 The Great Bolgar Medieval Fighting International Festival will take place on August 11 and 12 on the territory of the Bolgar Reserve Museum in the towin of Bolgar, Spasskii district, the Republic of Tatarstan. The program of the Great Bolgar-2018 includes knight battles, a horse competition, medieval fighting competitions, artisan fairs and master classes of reenactors, medieval dances and music. Buses will depart to the festival from Kazan, Almetevsk and other cities of Tatarstan. In 2017 the Great Bolgar Festival was visited by 47 thousand people.

In Cheboksary, preparation began for the final tour of the Regional Competition of the National Award in the field of event tourism of the Russian Event Awards of the Volga and Ural Federal Districts, which will be held from September 26th to September 27th. The arrangers of the regional competition are the Administration of the city of Cheboksary and FROS Region PR.

The first results of the World Football Championship FIFA 2018 were summed up by 65 facilities accredited by the Visit Tatarstan brand. Among them, there are coffee shops, bars, and restaurants. The poll showed that during the 20 days of the Championship, 87,927 liters of beer were drunk and 21,125 turnovers were eaten in accredited Kazan coffee shops and restaurants. The average receipt of Russian fans is 1,500 rubles per person The average receipt of a foreign fan is approximately 2,000 rubles per person. The most friendly were the fans from Colombia. In the restaurant "Crossroads of Jazz," fans from Colombia invited the chef cook after dinner and performed a song as a token of gratitude.