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.

Sergey Ivanov, the Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for tourism, takes part in the 5th jubilee international Uzbek tourist exhibition "World of recreation", which runs from 13th  to 14th of April.

The event program includes holding of the Food Festival Tashkent, presentation of the Uzbekistan and tourism potential of Thailand, a seminar on the theme: "A cup of coffee determines the level of a hotel”, etc.

The opening of the 22nd international specialized exhibition of tourism and sport took place in the exhibition center "Kazan fair", the exhibition will run from 13th until 15th of April. The opening was attended by Arthur Abdrashitov, the Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for tourism. He greeted the audience: "Undoubtedly, in these days the main channels to promote tourist opportunities are Internet resources, however, any exhibition is still the traditional channel of promotion. We hope that the exhibitors, professional community and visitors will establish necessary contacts and then choose for themselves the most appropriate direction”.

The video clip of the official tourism brand “Visit Tatarstan” has come through to the final of the IV festival-competition of tourist video clips "DIVO ROSSII” 2017 in the category "Presentation of territories (regions, districts, cities).

The video clip "Tatarstan: 1001 pleasures" tells tourists about remarkable sights  and recreation opportunities in the Republic of Tatarstan.

The Expert Committee determined the participants for the regional final of the      IVth festival-competition of tourist video clips "DIVO ROSSII" 2017 in the Volga Federal district. 47 projects came through to the final. Among them - the project of the tourism brand “Visit Tatarstan” .

The final competition will be held on April 28-29, 2017 in Izhevsk as a part of the VIIIth all-Russia specialized tourist exhibition "Tourism. Sport. Recreation

On April 21 – 23, 2017 Kazan will again be turned into the dancing capital of Russia. The Fifth Anniversary International Festival of dancing studios “TODES” will be held on the territory of “AK BARS” Palace of Martial Arts and the Hotel Recreation Complex “Korston”.

At the festival students and teachers of Alla Dukhova’s studio-schools will show their best, which they have learned for the recent time. Spectacular and unique performances are awaiting the guests and participants, as well as unforgettable parties, bright costumes and, of course, wonderful feelings and a real dancing drive!

The festival is a private function meant only for the participants and the invited guests. But the organizers have prepared a wonderful opportunity for anyone to watch one of the most bright and breathtaking events of this spring. Especially for those, who fail the opportunity to attend the festival, the text and video broadcasting is organized on the site todes.ru. Text broadcasting will also be arranged with fresh news of the festival and the timetable of performances.

On the 9th of April the Republic of Tatarstan participated in a number of events organized by the National Marketing Center Visit Russia in Kuwait. The press-conference was attended by Aleksey Solomatin, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Kuwait and Mr. Basel al Aswad, Head of Visit Russia office in Kuwait.

Sergey Ivanov, Chairman of the State Committee for Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan, pronounced a welcoming speech and invited the guests from Kuwait to visit Tatarstan.

During the Gala-dinner held in the evening for the tour operators the participants from Tatarstan made a presentation of tourist potential of the republic to the guests. The event was attended by over 70 Kuwait tour operators. Apart from Tatarstan, the representatives of Krasnodar region, the Republic of Crimea, the cities of Moscow, Sochi, and Rostov-on-Don presented their tourist potential.

Video commercial Visit Tatarstan «Tatarstan: 1001 pleasure» has passed its qualification stage for the national award “Chrystal Compass” and is participating in internet-voting, which will be finished in April 30, 2017. You can leave your vote for the video-commercial at the official site of the award http://rus-compass.ru/projects/4286/

The video- commercial «Tatarstan: 1001 pleasure» has been created by the team Visit Tatarstan. The video reveals the concept of the official tourist brand Visit Tatarstan - «1001 pleasure» and shows many cities, attractions, and entertainment and recreation places in the Republic of Tatarstan.

The Republic of Tatarstan is represented at the tourist exhibition “LETO-2017”. It is held on the 7-8 April in Yekaterinburg. The participants from Tatarstan are represented by: Elabuga State Museum-reserve, Island-city Sviyazhsk, Bolgar Museum-reserve, Museum-reserve “Kazan Kremlin”, tour operator “Travel and Work” and others.

Over 250 exponents are represented at the exhibition, which is attended annually by over 8000 visitors. As usual, the following topical blocks will be represented within the frames of the exhibition “LETO-2017”: MED TRAVEL FOCUS, dedicated to the medical tourism services and treatment both in Russia and abroad, “Therapeutic tourism” block, where the best health resorts and medical recreational institutions of Russia, Europe and CIS countries will present their latest proposals of leisure and recreation for spring and summer season, 2017.