TOMSK, Aug 4 – RIA Tomsk. The
administration of the Tomsk reserve Vasyuganskiy, located in the swamps
with the same name, plans to launch scientific, educational, photo and
even "mystical" tours starting from autumn 2022; such a trip to the
swamps will take at least three days, the director of the reserve Olga
Antoshkina told RIA Tomsk.
Earlier it was reported that
the most popular search query on the website of the guidebook of the
Tomsk region in 2020 were the Blue Сliff and Vasyugan Swamp. The latter
are considered a brand of the region – it is known all over the world,
everyone is interested: the swamps are considered the "lungs of the
planet," but so far for tourism this place is not very accessible.
"In
2022 we are planning to develop ecotourism in the territory of the
Vasyugan Swamp. We are planning scientific, informative and photo
tourism. It is clear that people go there not only for impressions, for
emotions, but also for photos. And one more type of informative
ecotourism is "mystic tourism". This is very interesting and unusual", –
Antoshkina said.
According to her, the specialists of the
reserve added the latter direction because they often receive calls from
people and ask who lives in the Vasyugan swamps and if people disappear
there and they ask about the giant squid allegedly living there. There
are many legends about these bogs, which will be told at the new
excursion, and myths that experts will try to dispel.
The
interlocutor of the agency added that there will never be recreational,
sports and especially extreme tourism on the territory of the reserve,
so as not to violate the ecological integrity of the place. "People who
want to come there and see, they come more for a certain meaning of
life, to understand something in this area", – Antoshkina said.
According
to her, within a year it is planned to create from scratch all
infrastructure for scientific activity and tourism: to equip parkings,
places for overnight stay and ecological trails, and also to buy
transport. Because of the remoteness of the reserve from Tomsk, tours
will last about three days.
"We have been to the marshes
in all seasons, and the most beautiful time, in my opinion, is autumn.
There is such a riot of colors there, which you definitely can't find in
the city, although many people talk about the multicolored leaves. But
there is such beauty in the marsh: moss from dark red to golden, to
bright green, and it's all in one place. It's very beautiful", – she said.
The
Vasyugan swamps are some of the largest in the world, most of them are
located in the north of the Tomsk region. It was previously reported
that at the end of 2017, a federal nature reserve was created within the
Great Vasyugan Mire by a decision of the Russian government. The
directorate of the reserve is located in Tomsk, its office opened in
2020.
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