Published on: 2026-09-27
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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On World Tourism Day, which is celebrated on September 27, in the capital Department of Information Technology told about useful services for travelers. With the help of digital portals and applications, Muscovites and visitors to the city can book a hotel room or a table at a restaurant, purchase tickets to museums, plan routes, and much more.
“The digital ecosystem of the capital features a whole range of services and projects that will help a tourist enjoy their stay in the capital. Among them is the portal and mobile application “Discover Moscow“, Mosbilet platform, tourist service Russpass, the mobile applications “Moscow Metro” and “Moscow Transport,” as well as useful instructions on the portal mos.ru,” noted the press service of the Moscow City Department of Information Technology.
Audio guide and digital twins of famous people
Free interactive online guide “Discover Moscow” helps travelers discover new places and learn their history through a special selection of curated and themed routes, audio guides, an interactive map, and engaging quizzes. Currently, users have access to more than 340 city walking tours, some of which have audio guides — allowing them to learn interesting facts without slowing their pace. The routes are prepared in collaboration with local historians, experts, and famous city residents. Users can also participate in over 140 educational quizzes and quests. For the particularly curious tourists, more than four thousand cards feature buildings, structures, monuments, and personalities, including historical descriptions, photos, and video materials.
In the mobile application “Discover Moscow” There are digital twins of famous people who created significant historical structures. Using augmented reality technologies, they will tell residents and tourists about how, for example, the Levenson printing house, the Metropol Hotel, the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, the mansions of Anna Kekusheva and Zinaida Morozova were built, as well as about the unique features of these buildings and structures.
Tickets without surcharges and travel plan
You can purchase tickets to theaters, museums, and concert halls without commission or markups through the “Mosbilet” service. Here are exhibitions, lectures, performances, concerts, masterclasses, including free ones. Users can get a personalized selection, purchase tickets for premiere productions of the new season and performances featuring famous artists, as well as find interesting events for children. The special project will tell about the main events of the season “The New Season with ‘Mosbilet'”. Here all the main premieres are gathered — from experimental and children’s productions to drama and classical ballet. And another special project of the service — “Where to go with children in Moscow” — will help plan cultural leisure activities taking into account the child’s interests.
Digital tourism service Russpass brings together tens of thousands of offers in 85 regions of the country. Users can choose excursions, plan routes, book a table at a cafe or restaurant, and explore the city’s event schedule. Numerous certified guides offering a wide range of excursions help make trips more interesting. A powerful driver of Russpass’s development was the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI). The platform became the first AI system in Russia for travelers, where smart algorithms accompany the user at every stage—from idea generation to personalized selections.
Where to call and how to get there
Special memo The mos.ru portal will tell you where tourists can get help in various situations, how to navigate the metro and other public transport, how many train stations and airports there are in the city. This and other useful materials are available in the section “Instructions for a comfortable life in Moscow” under the category “Tourism”.
Apps will help plan trips on public transportation “Moscow Metro” and “Moscow Transport”. With the help of the “Moscow Metro” you can build the optimal route for a trip on the metro, on Moscow Central Circle and the Moscow Central Diameters, top up the “Troika” card, as well as issue it in a virtual format to pay for travel on all types of city transport by smartphone. The “Moscow Transport” app will calculate the fastest and most cost-effective route using different modes of transportation — from metro to taxi. Users are offered to track the arrival of buses, electric buses, and trams, charge electric vehicles, use car-sharing, rent scooters, and purchase tickets for river cruises. For convenience, all purchases are collected in one section.
From Palekh to Gorodets: Russpass introduced new routes along the Golden RingStop the moment: “Mosbilet” invites you to a photo walk through the city centerIn the web version of the “Discover Moscow” portal, you can now see historical objects recreated in augmented reality
The mos.ru portal is the core of the capital’s digital ecosystem. Today, it hosts more than 460 electronic services and utilities that help residents solve practically any issue online. In a convenient digital format, you can pay bills, check your child’s grades at school and their schedule, submit meter readings, book a pet appointment with the veterinarian, buy tickets for shows and concerts, and much more. To have reliable access to important digital services, experts recommend using the “Yandex Browser” or installing it on your device. certificates of the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia.
The creation, development, and operation of electronic government infrastructure, including the provision of mass socially significant services, as well as other services and e-services, correspond to the objectives of the national project “Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State” and the regional project of the city of Moscow “Digital Government Administration.” More about Russia’s national projects and the capital’s contribution can be found at special page.
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