Educational tourism: a program will be developed in Russia
Federal program "Educational tourism" to popularize Russia abroad and attract students proposed to develop the rector of RTU MIREA Stanislav Kudzh.
He sent a letter with a corresponding initiative to the head of Rosturizm Zarina Doguzova.
Cooj stressed that youth tourism is a rapidly developing and promising direction, and the educational type is included in the classification adopted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
Rector of RTU MIREA noted that young people travel to learn a foreign language, study, dating, as part of volunteer programs. In terms of the number of foreign students, Russia ranked sixth in the world.
Kudzh notes that the Russian legislation does not have the concept of “educational tourism”, and proposes to develop a state program “Educational tourism”, and include it in the national project “Tourism and hospitality industry”.
We propose to provide foreign citizens with benefits for obtaining a visa if the purpose of visiting our country is to familiarize themselves with an educational institution, conditions of study, residence, admission <...> to develop a definition of “educational tourism” as a systemic category and include it in the legislation of Russia, and in the classification as a separate type of tourism.
The head of Rosturizm Zarina Doguzova believes that in 2021 the domestic tourist flow in Russia will grow by 15-20% compared to 2020, in her opinion, such indicators can be achieved in the absence of a lockdown.
Source: iz