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The State Budget Institution “Centre of folk arts and crafts of the Republic of Tatarstan” and the Chamber of Crafts of the Republic of Tatarstan invites everyone to participate in the contest “Touristic Souvenir of the Republic of Tatarstan”.

The Contest accepts the author’s goods, no more than 10 units from each applicant, which were made during last 2 years.

The Contest winners in each category will be awarded with cash prizes in the amount of 50 000 rubles, and the handiwork will get the status of the “Best Tourist Souvenir of the Republic of Tatarstan”.

The participation in the contest is free.

Please, send your applications until October 20, 2016 to the email address: konkurs.suvenir@yandex.ru.

Inquiries by phone: 8 (843) 264-45-12, 236-06-43

Today, on the second day of the International Tourism Exhibition “Leisure” the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan on Tourism has conducted negotiations with representatives of the Republic of Bashkortostan and the “Russian Railways Tour” company. The theme of the meeting is the discussion of the starting up of mutual tourist trains between Kazan and Ufa, planned in 2017. Work on discussing this project has been started at the moment. In case of its successful realization the residents of Kazan and Ufa will have the opportunity to visit the capital of Bashkortostan and Tatarstan on direct trains for the weekend. The trains starting up will be preceded by the mutual advertising campaign. A trilateral Agreement of intent on this project execution has been signed during the meeting.

The first stage of the annual meeting on the coordination of timetables for passenger vessels for navigation in 2017 started on September 17. It started on board of “Vladimir Mayakovsky”, which left the port of Perm city with the tour operators of sea cruises in Russia. Kazan, the call in which was carried out on September 20, has become one of the cities, included in the list of visited. As part of their visit, a round table was held in the Executive Committee of Kazan. It was attended by Vice-President of the State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan Ekaterina Balabanova. The main topic of discussion was the inclusion of such tourist sites as Bolgar, Chistopol and Sviyazhsk in the list of places to visit in the framework of sea cruises of Russian tour operators. 

“Visit Tatarstan” brand became the winner of the International Competition “Tourist Brand: Best Practices 2016” in the nomination "Tourist destination/cluster brand” in the category “Professional Project (current tourist brand).” In total 14 participants were presented in this category. The solemn ceremony of summarizing and rewarding of winners and laureates of the contest was held today at the 22nd International Tourism Exhibition OTDYKH LEISURE. International competition “Tourist Brand: Best Practices 2016” is established as an open contest of proposals for the achievements in the creation, development and promotion of tourist brands. This is the authoritative award, which is awarded on the basis of the assessment of branding of tourism companies and facilities by an international jury, composed of professionals in the tourism and marketing.

On the 15th of September, at 3 pm the Exhibition hall of Elabuga state reserve museum will open an exhibition from collections of the Sverdlovsk local history museum dedicated to the Nevyansk icon.

City Nevyansk, which grew out of a village at the metallurgical plant founded at the end of the XVII century, is the first mountain capital of the Demidov family. It was in the Urals, where disgraced people, especially Separatists escaped from the persecution of the authorities. In that place there was a large iconic center created its own harmonious style based on the best traditions of different Russian art schools.

Ural iconographic tradition is absolutely unique and closely connected to the historical legacy and industrial power of this Russian region. It is one of the regional symbols as well as the stonecutting and jewelry art, crafts casting of iron, Zlatoust steel engraving and painting of Nizhny Tagil.

The Republic of Tatarstan State Committee on Tourism organized "Hotline” as part of the Decade of the International Day of Older Persons. By number (843) 222-90-28 during September - October 2016 senior citizens will be given counseling on their disturbing matters.

The responsible person for the phone "Hotline" is Lyudmila Maximova, a leading adviser of the personnel sector and juristic work.

State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan invites you to take part in the promotional and informational tour to the Altai Republic which will be held from 24th to 29th of September 2016. The leaders are invited to the participation. Participation in the tour for free (includes accommodation, meals, transport and excursion service) . Additional charge for the flight from Kazan - Gorno-Altaisk - Kazan.

The summer project "Hospitable Kazan" annually implemented by ANO “Tourism volunteers’ assembly of the Republic of Tatarstan” with the support of the Republic of Tatarstan State Committee on Tourism was finished. In 2016 the project “Hospitable Kazan" provided more than 25 000 tourists with information services.

200 volunteers from specialized Kazan universities participated in the project. Works were carried out daily from the beginning of June until the end of August in the five busiest touristic spots of the city: the Old-Tatar Sloboda, Kamala theater, near the hotel "Shalyapin Palace Hotel ", "Nogai " and the Kazan Kremlin. in informational points every tourist could absolutely free get a city map, tourist trails, cultural events poster, as well as recommendations for the pastime, children's and outdoor activities.
In addition to informational support, volunteers conducted a survey of tourists visiting Kazan. Its main goal was the definition of a portrait of the tourist, the purpose of his visit, the preference of accommodation facilities. Among visitors there were residents of Moscow, Ufa, Ulyanovsk, Orenburg, Voronezh, Samara, Tver, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, St. Petersburg, Severodvinsk, Yekaterinburg, as well as China, citizens of France, India, the Czech Republic, Germany and Vietnam.

In the State committee of the Republic of Tatarstan on tourism the meeting with the vice-chairman of the State committee on tourism of Turkmenistan Akynyyaz Agamyradov took place. The presentation of tourist opportunities of Tatarstan was held by the vice-chairman of the State committee of RT on tourism Ekaterina Brabanova. She told about the main historic centers of the Republic: about Yelabuga, Bolgar, Kazan and island hail Sviyazhsk. It was told also about extensive show business, an opportunity to have a rest in the best Spa centers, excursions and the first-class placement. In turn the guest had an opportunity to represent Turkmenistan from the point of view of tourism. After that Akynyyaz Agamyradov went to the island hail Sviyazhsk

The delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan headed by Sergey Ivanov, Chairman of theCommittee on Tourism, is on working visit in Germany. Together with representatives of tour operators they are negotiating with German colleagues about a possibility of inclusion Tatarstan into the range of visit places by German tourists in Russia. Meeting has already been held in the cities such as Frankfurt am Main, Düsseldorf, Kiel and Hamburg.

The road show is aimed to support the direct flight made by “Aeroflot” airlines "Frankfurt am Main - Kazan" which was launched this year on the 17th of June. To attract more tourists from Frankfurt am Main and neighboring cities to Kazan there was developed an action plan to promote our region in Germany. The plan included working with media, promotional and informational tours and road shows.