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On 29 April, at 14.00, the open air museum "Kazan Kremlin" invites to watch the festive program that coincides with the opening of the tourist season. The Kazan Kremlin is the principal magnet for thousands of tourists from different cities and countries. As a part of the concert and entertainment program it will be introduced to visitors, what pleasant surprises were prepared in the Kazan "Fortress of culture", what festivals and celebrations will be held on its territory and what interesting projects of the exhibition can be seen in museums. Participants will learn what a flash mob will be hold in the Kremlin on the Victory Day and what exciting things are being prepared for the traditional Festival "We love the Kremlin!" that coincides with the International children's day and for the Military brass bands Festival "Flourishes of Kazan", which takes place on August 25-26 this year.

The state Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for tourism recommends tourist organizations that provide services on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan, to exclude visits to the inside of the buildings complex "the Temple of all religions" (Kazan, village of Staroye Arakchino, h. 4) from sightseeing programs and guided tours because the interior is not suitable for staying of large groups of people.

As a part of advertising and informational tour, the representatives of tour operators from Vietnam are staying in Tatarstan from the 25th to the 27th of April. During their stay, guests will see the sights of Kazan, walk along pedestrian Bauman street, visit the island-town Sviyazhsk, the Great Bolgar, try local goods in some stores such as "Arysh-May".

From the 18th of December, 2016, till the the 17th of June, 2017, the Science and Technology Museum "Technorama" is opened in the Almetjevsk city. The Swiss science center “Technorama” is one of the world's benchmark centres of recreational science. This is a unique experimental environment, where everyone, regardless of age or gender, can get acquainted with natural phenomena in the form of informal and very interesting presentation.

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.

Sergey Ivanov, the Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for tourism, is being on the official delegation headed by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The program includes participation in the Tatarstan-Iranian Business Forum, where he will deliver presentation of tourist opportunities in Tatarstan. In addition, in the work program there are visits to the Mashhad University of Ferdowsi, the architectural complex of Imam Reza, and the Chamber of Commerce and industry of Mashhad. In Mashhad Sergei Ivanov will also present the Republic of Tatarstan as a region for tourism.

The Russian Restaurant Festival will take place from 1st to 20th   of May, 2017, for the first time in Russia. At the same time Sochi, Rostov-on-don, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Kazan will be participant towns. In St. Petersburg the festival will run until 30th of May. During all the time guests can try tasting sets that include popular or new dishes at the fixed price of 990 rubles, which are offered by the best restaurants.

In Kazan more than 15 restaurants will be Festival participants. Among them there are such famous ones as the Top Bar Hop, Leuven, Brown Bear Grill, Evoo, Extra Lounge, Vienna Cafe, "Marusovka", "Humo", "Bread and wine", Mama Deli, Beerpoint, "Khinkalnaya", "Beenhearts", P. Love , OmNomNom, Pushkin Lounge, "Ditch Bar".

As the part of the 70th anniversary celebration of establishing Russian-Indian diplomatic relations the Federal Agency for tourism together with the Ministry of tourism of the Republic of India provide the photo contest  “RussiaIndiaTravel”.

In the period from 10th of April to 10th of May, 2017 participants from Russia and India represent photographs, which were taken on the territory of the two countries. Works of the contestants will be judged in three nominated categories on the tourist theme: "Nature", "Places of interest" and "Persons". The winners will receive travel vouchers from contest organizers.

To participate in the contest and to find out more about conditions of the contest you can  in the official contest website: https://profsunion.com.

The Analytical Agency Turstat revealed the most popular destinations for gastronomic tourism in Russia. As reported by Turstat, one-or two-day gastronomic weekend tours and trips for visiting food festivals, such as the second gastronomic festival "the Delicious Kazan", which will be held on 8 and 9 July, are the most popular in Russia.