How is railway tourism developing in Russia?
Director General of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin said that rail tourism in Russia is actively developing.
“Rail tourism is actively developing. The daily route on steam locomotive traction, Sortavala - Ruskeala Park, took the prize last year, non-stop cars from Moscow and St. Petersburg are organized, are very popular, the head of Russian Railways said.
According to him, in winter, special multimodal routes were provided for fans of skiing – this is a single ticket, special tariffs.
"Take it all over the country..." route "Greatness of the North" (five days on the way), and Karelia, Arkhangelsk, Vologda region, Sheregesh (Kuzbass), Khibiny, Khvalynsk (Saratov region), Abzakovo (Bashkortostan). New tourist trains on weekends – it is three days – also provide, now they are very popular, and we want to provide a very good service.
Source: ria