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TOMSK, May
31 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk Branch of the Russian Geographical Society (RGS) and tour operators will launch in autumn 2016 tours on the Vasyugan Swamp, and also on oil and gas fields, the head of information center and the commission on internal tourism of Tomsk Branch of the RGO Yulia Kalyuzhnaya told journalists on Tuesday.
Vasyugan
Swamp square makes 53 thousand square kilometers. They are located in Western
Siberia, between the rivers Irtysh and Ob, in the territory of Vasyugan Plain,
the being most part in the Tomsk region, and also in Novosibirsk, Omsk regions
and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area.
"Our
RGO center is founded on the scientific potential of members of society who
create base of excursion routes, including for the Tomsk region. A number of
routes will start by September. These are oil and gas fields, Vasyugan Swamp
where Tomsk office of the RGO is planning to create the center for science and tourism",
– told Kalyuzhnaya at a press conference in the RIA Tomsk media center.
© РИА Томск. Наталья Брусницына
In turn,
the chairman of committee of development of internal and entrance tourism of
department in culture and tourism of regional administration Irina Lakhtionova
reported that in the fall of 2016 one more project for development of tourism
in the Tomsk region will be realized. It is a cycle of audiolectures about
Tomsk and area which passengers of the train going from Novosibirsk to Tomsk
will be able to hear.
"(The
authorities of the region and the West Siberian branch of JSC "Federal
Passenger Company", the subsidiary of JSC "Russian Railways")
agreed about carrying out audioexcursions in trains. Our department prepared
the excursion program, recorded on phonorecords. And now passengers will listen
to excursions", – she told.