Moscow is preparing to receive new year tourists

According to the head of the Moscow Committee for Tourism and Hotel Management Sergey Shpilko, Moscow will become a Mecca for Russian tourists during the New Year holidays. We are confident that the tourist flow for the New Year holidays in Moscow this season will increase by at least 20-25% compared to last year. The capital’s hotels have already announced an increase in bookings for the New Year and Christmas holidays from 30 to 100%. And booked mainly individual tourists from the regions of Russia, explains Mr. Shpilko. But we have to fight for foreign guests.

This year, the capital will host as many as 1,300 different events, in which about five million people will take part. The city has more than 120 skating rinks, not counting free in numerous courtyards of the capital. From December 25 to January 8, on the newly created pedestrian zones, which will unite several streets: Tverskaya Passage, Stoleshnikov Lane, Kamergersky Lane, Petrovka, Bolshaya Dmitrovka, Christmas, including the platform in front of the TSUM, Kuznetsky Bridge, Arbat, New Arbat and Lavrushinsky Lane, Christmas fairs will be opened.