Arctic: What awaits tourists in the region?
How to increase the attractiveness and accessibility of the Arctic for travel? Tourist forum “Accessible Arctic” was held.
Head of Rostourism Zarina Doguzova is confident that tourism is one of the key topics in the development of the Arctic region.
In 2019, a roadmap for the Arctic was developed, and steps were taken to change the regulatory framework that facilitates access by tourists: the list of ports where foreign cruise ships can call was expanded. There are currently 350 sites on the list.
“...we have begun to move from the permissive nature of these calls to the notification nature. This allows cruise companies to plan routes in advance.”
Rostourism considers it necessary to develop a single standard for the Arctic regions of the country for the development of tourist infrastructure. The development of Arctic tourism will be enshrined in the new law on tourism.
It is important to increase the awareness of the Arctic - this will help the tourist cashback program. Arctic regions can become destinations for weekend trips.
The head of Rostourism reminded that now there is a campaign dedicated to short trips to the Russian Federation, and did not rule out a marketing campaign to promote Arctic tourism.
The development of tourism in the Arctic regions will be facilitated by a new support measure. On September 22, Rostourism will announce the collection of applications for the grant support competition. We will co-finance entrepreneurial initiatives in the field of tourism.”
In the village of Teriberka on the shore of the Arctic Ocean, which became famous after the release of the film “Leviathan”, in 2021 a natural park will open. The Governor of the Murmansk region Andrey Chibis believes that his organization is needed to regulate the flow of tourists.
Every year, 40,000 tourists visit Teriberka, but the income of the village is only 1.3 million rubles.
“We plan to introduce a fee for visiting the park, but there will be cashback, for example, for garbage collection some part of the fee is returned,” Chibis said.
An important incentive for the development of fishing tours is the opportunity for tourists and amateur fishermen in the Murmansk region from August 2021 to catch the Kamchatka crab in special areas.
Novelty is a panoramic restaurant on the Aikuavenchorr mountain in the Kirov Khibiny. This project is being implemented with the support of Rosturizm as part of the development of the ski infrastructure of the Murmansk region.
The Murmansk region plans to modernize the airport in the Khibiny to ensure the flow of tourists. Skating on the slopes of the ski complex "Bolshoy Vudyavr" (12 km from Kirovsk, Murmansk region) is possible even in May.
To attract foreign tourists at the airport Murmansk Modernize the runway, and tour operators from Southeast Asia will be able to send tourists on large long-haul airliners without transfers.
It is possible that in the future, tourists will be able to fly to the Franz Josef Land archipelago.
The possibility of receiving tourists arriving by air will simplify the logistics of travel organization (now it is possible to get to Franz Josef Land only on a cruise ship), reduce the cost of tours to Franz Josef Land, smooth out the seasonality factor. In the future, the tariff "New York - Moscow - Franz Josef Land" and "Guangzhou - Moscow - Franz Josef Land" are possible.
Source: atorus
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