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The formal opening of two exhibitions will be held at the showroom of the National Elabuga museum preserve on January 12, at 14.00

The first – “Alen’kii cvetochek” (The Scarlett Flower). It is the common project of the Elabuga National museum preserve and Orenburg regional museum of pictural art, dedicated to 225th anniversary of the writer S.T. Aksakov birth. The exposition contains two sections: childrens’ paintings of the Petrovskaya village Saraktashskii region pupils and paintings of the naïve artists (who have no artistic eductation, but have the artistic talent).

From 3rd till 15th of January at the New Year holidays, the museum named E. Boratynskii invites you to the festive excursion for the group (14+). “The Christmas visit” – the journey though the Boratynskii house with the stories about Christmas and New Year celebration traditions on the Czarist-era and serving the guests round with the national winter alcohol-free drink gluhwein.

Kazan is in top-three most actual cities for Christmas celebration among tourists. This fact is reported about at the hotels searching web-portal RoomGuru.ru

According to hotel reservation for living from 6th to 7th January results, the capital of the region took the third place, following St. Petersburg and Moscow.

The National museum of Tatarstan invites Kazan citizens to celebrate the old style New Year on January, 13. The press service of National Museum of Tatarstan reports that all guests will be invited to remember the Soviet New Year traditions, diving into the retro cinematography world.

The exhibition “New year around the world” will help to create the festive atmosphere. Different games, competitions, New Year funs, songs and literary readings will be waiting for Museum visitors.

Dear colleagues, representatives of tourist industry, guests of the Republic of Tatarstan, I congratulate you with Happy Forthcoming New Year 2017!

The year 2016 became the year of new discoveries and achievements. The whole year we were hard working on that Tatarstan became one of the region leader in the tourism market of Russia.

The new program of destination development VisitTatarstan were presented. It is aimed at creating and realization of global communication strategy marketing campaign to promote the tourist potential of the Republic, as well as the further development of the tourism industry in the region and bring it to modern international requirements and standards. VisitTatarstan- it is understanding of the region, as a region of 1001 pleasure. The program is intended to be an umbrella for the main tourist centers of: Kazan, Elabuga, Great Bolgar, Sviyazhsk island-town, Chistopol and Tetyushi.

An opening ceremony of one of the central New Year areas of Kazan, which is located at the Kazan hippodrome - National Village "Khan's yard" took place on December 24

According to the idea of promoters, "Khan's yard" will be the center of attraction for residents and visitors of the capital of Tatarstan in the New Year's holidays. The project is implemented by the initiative "Tatspirtprom" JSC with the support of the Executive Committee of Kazan.

The symbol of the village became a national Christmas tree-house "Khan’s Palace". For Kazan citizens on the territory of the hippodrome was created a varied entertainment infrastructure: market place for children, children's slides "Falcon Tower", stable yard, Husky Park, ice rink "Khan’s Lake". There also will work trade rows with national pastries and tea, products of national crafts masters:

At New Year's night buses, trams and trolleybuses Kazan will operate until 2 am. 36 routes and 65 units of rolling stock will serve for the residents of the city. January 1, 2017 on land transport starts at 7 am and will last until 23.30.

Metro will operate until 24.00 on December 31. January 1 Metro starts working at 6 o'clock in the morning

On December 23 at 17:00 the Showroom "Manezh" of Memorial estate "Kazan Kremlin" invites to "The St. Petersburg meetings". Within the “Travel to Tukay” exhibition guests from the Northern Capital have prepared the special program – a tribute the the  memory and dignity to one of the most great Tatar educators, the national poet Gabdulla Tukay.

The people's artist of Russia and Tatarstan, the famous singer Regat Ibragimov who presents his trilogy "By Sea Lives", "By the Destiny Ship", "Under a Love Sail", and also the audiobook of the first part will be  the special guest of evening. And, of course, he will execute several compositions.

The presentation of the big illustrated exhibition catalog will be one of the main events of a meeting. "A travel to Tukay.  To the 130 anniversary since the birth of the poet".

From year to year Tatarstan and Kazan hold the top places of ratings of tourist preferences for New Year's vacation. If for all last 2015 Tatarstan was visited by 2 million 700 thousand tourists, then only for New Year's holidays in Kazan New 2016 Year was met by 130 thousand tourists.

Indicators of these New Year's days gratify. For reception of guests 360 hotels, hostels, sanatoria and recreation facilities will work in holidays in the republic. According to means of placement, today in hotels 93% of the number of rooms are reserved in peak dates on January 2-6, about 78% of the number of rooms are reserved for a New Year's Eve. The average value of occupancy from 31.12.16 till 07.01 is 16 63,9% the Single room in hotels 3-4 * will cost on average 3200 rubles, double – 4400 rubles, in hostels -  from 600 rubles. Guests book hotels on average for three days.

Hotel booking hasn’t ended yet and it will be possible to show final data closer by new year, but it  is expected the bigger percent of occupancy.

On December 21, 2016 the committee meeting affiliated with  the chairman of the State committee of the Republic of Tatarstan on tourism on anti-corruption took place. The Chairman of the State committee of the Republic of Tatarstan on tourism Sergei Ivanov, the chief executive PEI HVE "Institute of social and humanitarian knowledge", the chairman of Public council affiliated with the State committee of the Republic of Tatarstan of tourism Kirill Ponomarev, the chairman of Association of guides of the Republic of Tatarstan, the member of Public council affiliated with the State committee of the Republic of Tatarstan of tourism Nadezhda Sekretova, the vice-chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tatarstan, the member of Public council affiliated with the State committee of the Republic of Tatarstan of tourism Nikolaev Artur Sergeyevich and the staff of the State committee of the Republic of Tatarstan on tourism took part in it.

During the meeting were considered four questions. The first question concerned the implementation of the anti-corruption program of the State committee of the Republic of Tatarstan of tourism for 2015-2020 years following the results of 2016. Within the second considered question about results of activities of the Commission in affiliated with the chairman of the State committee of the Republic of Tatarstan of tourism on anti-corruption in 2016 and about approval of the work plan for 2017. On the third point it was reported on a prohibition to make and receive gifts. The fourth point reported on results of monitoring of information on corruption manifestations in the activities of officials placed in mass media and contained in the arriving addresses of citizens and legal entities in 2016.