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Tour operators and journalists arrived in Tatarstan on the first flight of the China Eastern Airlines on an advertising and information tour. The info tour was organized by the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for Tourism in order to familiarize representatives of the tourist community and residents of Shanghai with the Republic of Tatarstan, its sights, culture and traditions.

Today, the opening of a flight from China's largest financial and cultural center, Shanghai, took place at Kazan International Airport named after G.Tukai. 

This weekend, a new historical festival "Bolgar. A journey into the past" will take place on the territory of Bolgar reserve museum. The event is supported by the National Tourism and Hospitality Industry Project. For two days, 10 venues will be open for guests, where everyone will be able to plunge into the atmosphere of the Middle Ages.

The training program "Hospitality. Reboot-2024. BRICS" gathered about 1,200 people over two days: managers and line staff of hotels and restaurants, tour guides, museum staff and tour operators. They are told about how the summit will be held and are taught how to receive high-ranking guests.

Urman Сamp glamping, which was the very first to open in Tatarstan back in 2020, this year, with the state support of the national Tourism and Hospitality Industry project, expanded by 5 new comfortable modular non-capital accommodation facilities. The subsidy funds were used for the purchase and installation of new houses, and within the framework of the project, the entrepreneur conducted communications and landscaped the territory with its own funds.

The glamping map of the Republic of Tatarstan has been replenished with another project thanks to a state subsidy within the framework of the national project "Tourism and the Hospitality Industry". A new themed glamping Elki has opened its doors in the Zelenodolsk district of the republic, a 40-minute drive from Kazan. The subsidy was provided for the purchase and installation of modular non-capital accommodation facilities, the entrepreneur himself also contributed to the landscaping and communications to the houses.

For the 15th year in a row, the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for Tourism, together with the ANCO "Assembly of Tourist Volunteers of the Republic of Tatarstan", has conducted an information project "Hospitable Kazan" for the comfort of tourists. During the three summer months, tourist volunteers worked in the busiest points of the city and told the guests about the sights of Tatarstan, advised on where to go on an excursion, where to try Tatar cuisine and answered many other questions. Over the summer, about 45 thousand tourists asked for help from the volunteers.

On September 10-14, 2024, the Eurasian Community of Travel Industry Specialists (ECOT), with the support of the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for Tourism, is holding a car rally – press tour along the route Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan – Moscow for 12 journalists from federal publications such as RIA Novosti, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Argumenty I Fakty, Interfax, etc.

A new 8-room Somov Hotel has opened in Kazan. The hotel is located in the historical center of the city – in a mansion built in 1852, on Mayakovsky Street.

A presentation of the tourism potential of the Republic of Tatarstan for tour operators of the city and neighboring provinces took place at the headquarters of China Eastern Airlines in Shanghai. The event was attended by about 40 companies interested in a new direction.