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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.

Yesterday a meeting of the Expert Council at the Government Committee for Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan was held in the hotel “Don Quixote”. The agenda included discussion of programs of small and medium businesses in the tourism industry, goals and objectives of the main State Committee for Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan for the period ending in 2021, and plans for until 2030, discussion of new ideas and projects in the area of tourism development, and the issues of promotion of the tourism product of the Republic of Tatarstan in the key world markets.

Sergey Ivanov, Chairman of the Tatarstan State Committee for Tourism took part in IX International Forum “Water Tourism”, which is taking place on 7 and 8 September in St. Petersburg. He spoke to the topic: “Experience of developing an infrastructure for river cruises based on an example of tourism and recreational cluster ‘Sviyazhsk’”.

A Road Show of Astana and Kazakhstan is going take place in the Double Tree by Hilton hotel on the 7th of September, 2017 at 14:30. For the purpose of establishing an international network, and the development of the tourism industry in Astana and Kazakhstan, the Akimat (Administration) of Astana represented by Astana Convention Bureau, LLP has organized a road show to demonstrate tourism opportunities of the capital of Kazakhstan to the tour operators, Mass Media, and other representatives of tourism community of foreign cities. Participants and visitors of this event will have an opportunity to establish a direct dialogue and find new business contacts for cooperation and exchange of experiences in the sphere of tourism services.

The TourStat analytical agency identified the best autumn gastronomic festival and “tasty” holidays in Russia, which are popular with tourists in September 2017.

The gastrofestival in the Republic of Tatarstan was included in the top-five of the most popular gastronomical events in Russia in the early autumn.

With the support of the Federal Agency for Tourism, the 5th International Tourism Forum called “Open Crimea. Effective Partnership” is going to take place in the city of Yalta on October 4 through 6, 2017. The forum will be mainly focused on the development and strengthening of interregional tourism cooperation between the subjects of the Russian Federation. 

The main aim of this event is to maintain a constructive dialogue between the government authorities and Russian tourism companies regarding internal tourism development, and to demonstrate available competitive tourism products.