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Visas and the lack of budget hotels are the main challenges of Moscow trying to lure more foreign tourists, writes www.tourism-review.com.
Entry Visa barriers were one of the crucial issues on the agenda of the first meeting of the Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin with the local tour operators and hoteliers. The Moscow government has ambitious plans to transform the Russian capital into a leading tourist destination.
"Statistics show about 4 million tourist arrivals a year. This is a rather good number, but for a city like Moscow, it is not enough," said Sergey Sobyanin, quoted by Tourprom.ru. According to the city development plan, which should be launched in the near future, by the year 2016 the number of tourists in Moscow should be almost doubled, reaching about 7 million visitors per year, said the mayor.
One of the biggest problem and additional obstacle for citizens who travel from trustworthy and economically developed countries in Western Europe, who bring us the money, is the entry visa. The problem should be solved not by the city authorities, but on the federal level," said the mayor.
Entry Visa barriers were one of the crucial issues on the agenda of the first meeting of the Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin with the local tour operators and hoteliers. The Moscow government has ambitious plans to transform the Russian capital into a leading tourist destination.
"Statistics show about 4 million tourist arrivals a year. This is a rather good number, but for a city like Moscow, it is not enough," said Sergey Sobyanin, quoted by Tourprom.ru. According to the city development plan, which should be launched in the near future, by the year 2016 the number of tourists in Moscow should be almost doubled, reaching about 7 million visitors per year, said the mayor.
One of the biggest problem and additional obstacle for citizens who travel from trustworthy and economically developed countries in Western Europe, who bring us the money, is the entry visa. The problem should be solved not by the city authorities, but on the federal level," said the mayor.
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