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On September 14, in the Yelabuga State Museum-Preserve, two new exposition halls were opened, located in the courtyard of the Yelabuga Historical and Architectural Museum-Preserve. A welcoming speech at the opening was made by the author of the idea of creating new expositions – Gulzada Rudenko, General Director of Yelabuga Historical and Architectural Museum-Preserve.
A tender was announced for inclusion in the personnel reserve of the State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan in the department of promotion of the tourist product for the leading group of posts in the category "specialists" (2 units). Acceptance of documents for participation in the tender is carried out from September 20 to October 10, 2017, during working hours of the State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan. Information on the upcoming tender is posted on the official website of the State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan in the section "Personnel policy" For more information, please call: +7 (843) 222-90-29, 222-90-27.
The tourist potential of the Republic of Tatarstan is represented at the OTDYKH LEISURE exhibition, which takes place from 19 to 21 September in Moscow. In total there are 22 participants at the booth from the Republic, among them: representatives of museum-preserves (Yelabuga, Chistopol, town-island of Sviyazhsk, Kazan Kremlin, Great Bolgar), Association of sanatoria of the Republic of Tatarstan, hotels, and companies engaged in inbound tourism.
For information: OTDYKH LEISURE is the leading international tourism exhibition in Russia and CIS countries. Every year the event attracts more than 700 exhibitors. Among them: leading operators, travel agencies, national offices and tourism administrations, hoteliers, insurance companies and booking systems.
Chairman of the State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan, Sergei Ivanov in his Instagram account invited the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, to visit the Republic of Tatarstan.
"When I found out that you want to come to Russia, I decided to personally invite you to Kazan – one of the most beautiful cities in our country. The Republic of Tatarstan has rich cultural and historical traditions, especially since it is located on the Trans-Siberian Railway. So, come to us, please! I'm waiting for you!" – He said in his address.
It should be noted that Sergei Ivanov's personal invitation was not accidental: earlier Angela Merkel attended a children's press conference in the course of the election campaign to the Bundestag, where she announced that she would like to visit the Rocky Mountains in the USA and ride along the Trans-Siberian Railway. According to RIA "Russia Today", "Russian Railways" have already expressed their readiness to fulfill the Chancellor's dream.
Today, the Plenipotentiary Representation of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation in Moscow hosted a presentation of the tourist route The Great Volga River Route to the tour operators of Moscow and Moscow region. The presentation was attended by Akhmetshin Ravil Kalimullovich – Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Plenipotentiary representative of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation, Ivanov Sergey Evgenievich – Chairman of the State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan, Yuliya Skorolomova – Director of the Regional State Agency "Tourism Agency of the Ulyanovsk region", Maltsev Mikhail Viktorovich – Head of the Department of Tourism of the Samara Region, Ivan Petrovich Arkhipov – Deputy Minister of Culture for Nationalities and Archival Affairs of the Chuvash Republic, Sanaeva Olga Anatolievna – co-founder of the tourist company Ankor LLC.
On September 13 a meeting of the Methodology Council was held at the State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan. The meeting was devoted to the issue of rendering assistance in personnel training in the tourism industry. In attendance were: Sergey Ivanov, the Chairman of the Committee, Yevgeny Terentyev, General Manager of the Association of Sanatoriums and Resorts “Sanatoriums of Tatarstan”, Ramil Miftakhov, President of the Association of Travel Agencies of the Republic of Tatarstan, Yuliya Bashirova, the Head of the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization Assembly of Tourist Volunteers of the Republic of Tatarstan, representatives of the Republican higher educational institutions, etc.
Today Moscow’s potential in the field of hospitality was demonstrated within the framework of the presentation organized with the participation of the Department of Sport and Tourism of Moscow City and the State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan at Center Hotel Kazan Kremlin. Liana Saetova, Deputy Chairman of the Committee, took part in the event.
The promotional tour for the representatives of Chinese mass media and tour operators is scheduled for September 11-16 in Tatarstan. During the period of their stay in Tatarstan, guests will visit the Kazan Kremlin, V.I. Ulyanov-Lenin House-Museum, Kazan University Museum of History, Tugan Avylym entertainment complex, etc. The tour participants will get an insight into the historical and cultural legacy of Tatarstan and will head for Ulyanovsk by motor vessel. The cruise includes an excursion around the island town of Sviyazhsk and Veliki Bolgar.
Analytical Agency TourStat has ranked the most popular Russian cities for travel in the peak tourist season in September in fall 2017.
St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan, Yaroslavl, Kaliningrad, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod, Kostroma, Samara, and Irkutsk are in the top ten most visited Russian cities in early autumn.
On 9, 16, 23 and 30 September 2017 presentation of a large-scale project “KAZAN MUSIC HALL” is taking place. The project is being implemented under the support of the State Committee for Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan.
About the project: the third Music Hall in Russia will be opened in Kazan this September. The first two Music Halls are successfully functioning in the capitals, in Moscow and St. Petersburg.