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More tourists are coming to Irkutsk Region

08:07, 24 июня 2011

In the first quarter of 2001 Irkutsk Region welcomed 174.1 thousand tourists, which is 34% more compared to the same period last year. According to the Deputy Chairman of the Region’s Tourism Agency Ms. Agnia Shangina the share of foreign tourists amounts to just 4.3% or 7.5 thousand people. “The visa-free agreement between Russia and China is in place. Last year 24.2 thousand tourists from Irkutsk visited China, this year there are already 5.3 thousand of them. Next year has been announced the Year of Russian Tourism in China, so we expect to see significant increase of the tourist flow and implementing of new tourist products”.

 

Last year 674.3 thousand people visited Priangarie, among them 49.5 thousand foreign tourists. Most of them came from China (15.7 thousand), Germany (6.5 thousand) and Mongolia (4.5 thousand). “Tourist arrivals to our region increase on average by 10% each year. Only the recessionary 2008 was an exception. Today Irkutsk Region is rapidly reaching the figure of 50 thousand foreign tourists a year” – said Agnia Shangina.

 

Besides travel trade experts expect the tourist flow to grow in 2011, thanks to the celebration of Irkutsk’s jubilee and 350th anniversary of Buryatia’s affiliation to Russia. To commemorate these events many regional tour operators offer new itineraries and excursions.

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