Do Russians find their homeland attractive to foreigners?
The NAFI Analytical Center studied the opinion of 1,600 people over the age of 18 who live in 53 regions.
51% of respondents find their country interesting for foreign travelers. Most often, residents of the North-Western and Central Federal Districts (65 and 58%, respectively) responded.
Residents of the Siberian and Far Eastern Federal Districts estimate the tourist potential poorly (60% believe that their regions are not ready to accept foreigners) and the Volga Federal District (50%).
Three quarters (78%) of respondents want their region’s tourism infrastructure to develop, and it is visited more often by foreigners.
17% spoke against visitors in their region. This answer was chosen by residents of the Siberian, Far Eastern and Central Federal Districts (23%). Less than others are determined to support the hospitality industry Russians 60 years and older.
The majority of respondents say that they are ready to help tourists, for example, in case they get lost: 65% will try to explain to foreign guests how to get somewhere “at least on their fingers”, and a quarter of respondents are ready to talk to them in English.
Among the problems that, according to Russians, foreign visitors may face are difficulties in orienting the terrain or using transport (36%) and poor service in the service sector (31%).
Source: ria
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