Russia

 Russia - the largest country in the world. It occupies 11.5% of the global area, and its area is 17 million square meters. km. Russian territory extends to 10,000 km from the Baltic Sea in the west to Japan in the east. It has 11 time zones. The capital of Russia - Moscow. St. Petersburg is also a very important administrative business and cultural center, which is why it is often called the second or the northern capital of Russia. In Russia, more than a thousand cities. The largest - with a population of over 1 million people: Moscow (over 9 million), St. Petersburg (about 4.7 ml.), Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Omsk, Chelyabinsk, Kazan, Perm, Ufa, Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd.

Russia has a huge potential for the development of domestic tourism, and for the reception of foreign travelers. She has everything you need - a vast territory, rich historical and cultural heritage, and in some regions - untouched, wild nature.

The territory of Russia stretches from west to east at 10 thousand miles and nearly three thousand miles from the Arctic north to the southern subtropical latitudes. The diversity of landscapes allows us to develop many types of tourism. In Russia there are resorts on the southern Black Sea and the northern Baltic Sea, which makes it suitable for a beach holiday, treatment and rehabilitation of the sea. Far North offers a chance to see the northern lights and go to the ethnic tours to the northern nations, as well as participate in reindeer safaris across the tundra.

The presence of mountains opens up the possibility for all kinds of mountaineering (climbing, caving, hiking, white water rafting on the "bubbling" mountain rivers and mountain skiing, mountain biking, fly on deltoplane) and spa treatment in places where there are mineral springs.

Full-flowing, wide and long the river Volga, Yenisey, Lena literally made for cruising, fishing, rafting, catamaran sailing and boating. Sea north-west of the country - one of the cruise industry. Numerous lakes, usually picturesque and clean. And the water is clean, not only externally: in Karelia and Lake Baikal it is quite possible to drink.

Forests of central Russia, the Caucasus foothills, the taiga of Siberia and the Far East are full of animals and birds that attracts fans of hunting tours. In Russia enough places with untouched wilderness, creating ideal conditions for ecological tours. Unlike many European countries, traveling across the expanses of Russia, a tourist can not for a long time to meet people. In Siberia, a few hours on a highway built in the woods, you can not meet a single machine! But it is possible that a couple of times can be noted among the trees of the brown bear. In Astrakhan Region during the transfer to the place of fishing in the Volga delta ranger will show flamingos, pelicans and other rare birds. Horse riding on the edge of the fabulous - Altai will not leave anyone indifferent lovers of nature.

In the rich history of Russia at different times of the Vikings left their traces, the ancient Slavs, the Mongol-Tatars, Cumans, Scythians, Swedes, Teutons, Greeks, Genoese and other nations. Our ancestors have inherited from their appearance, confidence, different cultures, languages ​​and traditions. This stimulates the development of domestic tourism - makes modern Russians interesting to each other. The grand dukes, kings and emperors attached and lost lands and peoples, the travelers went further and further into the depths of the North, Siberia and the Far East and opened up new spaces, rivers, seas and oceans. Democratic and authoritarian rulers, one after another, built palaces and manor houses, museums created, destroyed churches and Buddhist temples, they left behind tombs, grand high-rise buildings, the most powerful hydroelectric power station and at the same time to the camp of the repressed, corn fields, opened the space age, creating unique patterns weapons and rebuild the temple. All of these events and actions made Russia be what it can be seen every tour in the (cultural-cognitive) tour.

Besides the natural, historical and cultural backgrounds contribute to the development of tourism, some social factors. This is a high purchasing power of foreign currencies, providing freedom of movement for most of the country, including in the tourism perspective on areas like the Far East, Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the Urals, North Russia, and Nizhny Novgorod and Samara, a city closed earlier for Foreign tourists.

Inbound and domestic tourism in Russia presented its wide variety of species. Most actively develop ecological, sports, extreme, skiing, educational, business, health and fitness, cruise, fishing and hunting, event types and gastronomic tourism. Popular as an individual and child-youth recreation.
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