NEWS

The start of the regional competition of the all-Russian festival-contest "Tourist souvenir" for the North-Western and Volga Federal districts has been announced. In 2017 the final of the regional competition of the all-Russian festival-contest "Tourist souvenir" will be held on 11th  - 12th of June in Nizhny Novgorod as the part of the Vth  anniversary of the International folk crafts festival "Secrets of masters".

The competition serves as a platform for sharing experience and cooperation between all interested individuals and organizations in the sphere of production and sales of tourist souvenirs that promotes developing the market of domestic tourist souvenirs production.

As part of the advertising and informational tour the representatives of tour operators from the UAE stay in Tatarstan from 16th until 20th of April. They have already visited the Kazan Kremlin, the Old Tatar settlement, the island town of Sviyazhsk, walked along the main street of Kazan - Bauman street, visited a few hotels. Yesterday, the guests went to see the Museum of Chuck-Chuck, the restaurant complex "Tugan Avylym", the interactive complex "Town Panorama", the Kazan AquaPark and other family recreation places.

We’d like to remind that the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for tourism works actively to raise the interest of citizens and residents of the Persian Gulf countries in Tatarstan as the region with rich tourist potential. In March, 2017, as part of a series of presentation road shows organized by the airline "flydubai" and the National marketing center "Visit Russia" the Republic was presented in the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait.