Named the most important tourist events of 2018 in Russia

The opening of the Crimean bridge was in the first place, 50% of respondents voted for it. The 2018 FIFA World Cup (38% of the vote) took second place.

 

Also, the leaders were the introduction of a resort fee (8%) and the inclusion of Uglich in the tourist route “Golden Ring of Russia” was noted.

 

Car traffic on the Crimean bridge was opened at 6 am on May 16. The longest bridge in Russia and Europe has been built since February 2016. The construction was opened ahead of schedule – initially the movement of cars on schedule was to start in December 2018.

 

In the 2018 season, Crimea set an absolute record, for the first time in post-Soviet times received 6.43 million travelers. Crimea earned more than 2 billion rubles on tourists. Tour operators have confirmed that the season was the most successful since 2014, but fear that in the future there will be dizziness with success.