TOMSK, Apr 3 – RIA Tomsk. The Head of the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Tomsk Region Pavel Volk and the Chairman of the State Committee on Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan Sergey Ivanov signed a cooperation agreement on Wednesday, the RIA Tomsk correspondent reports from the scene.
The signing of a framework agreement on cooperation in the sphere of tourism between representatives of the two regions took place on Wednesday in the Tomsk regional department for culture and tourism. As Volk told reporters, cooperation involves working to promote tourism opportunities and increase tourist traffic. The document is still being finalized.
"Tatars – are the second titular nationality of the Tomsk region. We officially have about 18 thousand Tatars living here... Tatarstan is very interesting, and not only for ethnic Tatars. The Tomsk region is very different from Tatarstan in nature, historical and cultural heritage and even the size of mosquitoes. Therefore it will be mutually interesting cooperation in terms of tourism", – he said.
According to Volk, the development of tourism between the regions is also facilitated by the presence of direct flight connections: the Tomsk-Kazan plane flies twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays. With increased demand from tourists, the airline will be offered to introduce additional flights. In turn, the representative of Tatarstan noted that Tomsk tourists would be offered to visit branded routes and events."We have a branded route "Tatarstan: 1000 and 1 pleasure": for four days, the tourist gets all the most interesting things that is in the republic - food, historical places, master classes... We have many tours to events – Sabantuy, Spasskaya Fair and the largest in Russia festival of medieval combat", – Ivanov specified.