Where do Russians dream of resting?

Ilya Grashchenkov, head of the Center for Regional Policy Development, named the top 5 regions of our country, where Russians would like to go to relax.

This is Crimea, Baikal, Altai Krai, Sochi. St. Petersburg.

Ilya Grashchenkov believes that the second largest potential rating after culture is nature and wildlife. Baikal (19%) and Altai (19%) in first place, Kamchatka - third (12%) - "one of the most promising regions, which until recently was a closed, mothballed region."

Then comes Siberia (10%) and Karelia (9%).

The survey showed why Russians do not travel much. High cost of travel and lack of time. Poor service is a concern of only 3%, and transport problems, low comfort - 2%.

“We have tried to evaluate unexplored tourist destinations in terms of whether or not the respondents are interested in them at all. 65% are interested Volgograd In the second place is Sakhalin. There are some absolute top points, and all of them are mainly focused on exotic places in Russia, or, conversely, are a familiar reproduction of the school curriculum. It is interesting that a number of unexplored regions with high potential, such as Yakutia and Buryatia, are of interest to the respondents.”

The survey was conducted by VTSIOM-Sputnik in November 2019 among 1.6 thousand Russians over 18 years old in the form of a telephone interview.

Source: ria