The Russian government will continue to develop student tourism
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said during a trip to Kaliningrad that student tourism will continue to develop, but it is necessary to comply with restrictive measures dictated by the need to counter the coronavirus.
Mishustin visited the Baltic Federal University. Students of the university asked the prime minister whether the student tourism program, which has gained popularity, will develop, which allowed students to be guides, develop tourist routes.
Last year, 20 universities participated in this program, the most popular destinations were Kaliningrad and Crimea.
“In this sense, the expansion of this programme will be. Next year, 150 universities will join this kind of student tourism, but the coronavirus is very important. The epidemiological situation should be controlled in this sense, Mishustin said.
Mishustin said that he will instruct the Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov to give an additional impetus to this project.
Source: tourism.interfax