Published on: 2026-04-06
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Правительство Российской Федерации –
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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and Minister of Economic Development Maksim Reshetnikov, based on Rosstat data, spoke about the indicators of domestic tourism for January – February of the current year.
“Our President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin notes that the tourism industry serves as an important factor in strengthening the socio-economic potential of cities and entire regions. Today, instruments of the national project ‘Tourism and Hospitality’ help improve conditions for travel across Russia. Thanks to them, new hotels, attraction points, and routes are being created. From January to February of the current year, the number of tourist trips across the country reached 12 million. This is 2.6% more than in the same period of 2025. The most popular regions traditionally were Moscow, Krasnodar Krai, Moscow Oblast, Saint Petersburg, and the Republic of Tatarstan.”Compared to January, new regions have entered the top 10 based on the results of two months – Tyumen and Irkutsk regions,
In the first two months of the current year, 2 million tourist trips were made to Moscow, 1.1 million to Krasnodar Krai, 967 thousand to Moscow Oblast, 956 thousand to Saint Petersburg, and 435 thousand to the Republic of Tatarstan. Among the top ten leaders were also Sverdlovsk Oblast (303 thousand), the Republic of Crimea (257 thousand), Tyumen Oblast (250 thousand), Rostov Oblast (237 thousand), and Irkutsk Oblast (214 thousand).
Especially impressive growth rates were shown by the regions actively developing tourist infrastructure: Sevastopol (+337%), North Ossetia–Alania (+204%), Karachay-Cherkess Republic (119%), Republic of Dagestan (+106%), Republic of Tuva (+103%), and Amur Oblast (+74%).
“The main conclusion we draw from these statistics: the tourist flow has ceased to be a ‘story about Moscow and Sochi.’ Sustainable multiple growth in the Caucasus region, Crimea, and the Far East is a direct consequence of the fact that infrastructure investments are starting to work as a systemic mechanism. We see a transition from ‘point’ tourism to network tourism: demand is redistributed across the country, extending the tourist season and creating conditions for healthy competition between regions for tourists, which ultimately leads to price stabilization and improved service quality,” said Maksim Reshetnikov.
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