Putin spoke about the new cruise ship, which meets the international convention n
During the Caspian Five summit in Kazakhstan, the President of the Russian Federation reported on the contribution of our country to the development of the tourism industry in the region and the importance of the newest cruise liner Peter the Great for trans-Caspian cruises.
Vladimir Putin refers to expert estimates, according to which the resorts of the Caspian Sea will be able to host more than 1 million tourists every year. The President stressed the importance of modern infrastructure.
The President of the Russian Federation told about the construction at domestic shipyards of a new cruise ship “Peter the Great”, it is going to be put into operation in 2019.
“Peter the Great” is a Volgo-Don Max class ship, which is being built at the Lotus shipyard, and after launching it will be at the disposal of the Mosturflot cruise company.
Svetlana Goncharova, Deputy Director for Tourism of Mosturflot, said that Caspian cruises are of interest to guests from the United States, Australia, Europe and China, Russia.
Vladimir Putin notes that the ship “will be able to make circular cruise trips around the Caspian Sea for the first time with a call in all five Caspian states and travel through the Caspian, Black and Azov seas.”
In navigation 2019-20 planned tour “Treasures of the East”, travelers are waiting Azerbaijan. IranTurkmenistan, Kazakhstan.
The winter ship will be on the Black Sea, the cruise "Adventure on the Three Seas" with stops: Baku - Makhachkala - Astrakhan - Nikolskoye - Volgograd - Volgodonsk - Rostov-on-Dony - Azov - Kerch Novorossiyskk Sochi.
“Peter the Great” is considered the first cruise ship of the “river-sea” class in the Russian Federation, which in all respects meets international conventions.
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