TOMSK, May 18 – RIA Tomsk. Special information signs that in Russian and English tell tourists about sights and other interesting objects are established in the six districts of the Tomsk region, the Chairman of the Committee for the Development of Domestic and Inbound Tourism of the Tomsk region Irina Lakhtionova told RIA Tomsk.
According to her, information signs for tourists appeared in Asino, Parabel, Pervomaisk, Bakchar, Verkhneketesk and Kolpashevo districts of the Tomsk region.
"Navigation signs will inform both tourists who come to our districts on their own and residents of the Tomsk region about the existence of cultural and historical attractions, interesting locations and sites to visit", – Lakhtionova explained, adding that the signs are made according to GOST; they have names of attractions and directions to them in Russian and English.
She specified that, in particular, such signs are installed at Pervomaisky Arbat, near Artlife Zaimka near Yanov farm in Pervomaisk district, and also near the ethnographic museum of Selkup traditional culture and life under the open sky Chumel Chvech, near Oskin Lake and the hot spring Chisty Yar in Parabel.
In Kolpashevo, previously installed navigation signs were supplemented with shields with information about already lost, but important for the history of the district, which help visualize tours (Togur timber processing plant, Kolpashevo fish processing plant).
In addition, Lakhtionova said that the previously published Tourist Map of the Tomsk region can be obtained in the Tourist Information Center on Novosobornaya Square, as well as in museums, hotels, cafes and restaurants in Tomsk.