Rosneft will help Moscow develop domestic tourism

“Rosneft“and the Committee for Tourism of the Moscow Government signed a memorandum of cooperation in the development of domestic tourism, the press service of the energy company said. The signing took place within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

“The document provides for cooperation between the parties on the issue of the integrated development of domestic tourism, including autotourism, and the promotion of the tourism potential of the city of Moscow,” the message says.

The press service explained that the memorandum involves joint work on the formation and development of tourist routes, as well as car tours from Russian regions to Moscow.

On June 15, Deputy Minister of Economic Development Dmitry Vakhrukov said that the Ministry of Economic Development intends to achieve a significant increase in the number of trips around the country, by 2030 the agency predicts an internal tourist flow of 140 million people.

In early May, the Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov, during a meeting of the President of the Russian Federation with members of the government, said that the number of Russians traveling around the country was increasing. According to preliminary data from the Ministry of Economic Development, in the first quarter of 2022, the tourist flow increased by 19%, including a 13% increase in the number of tourist trips of foreign citizens.