According to Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko, the tourist flow to the regions of the Russian North and the Arctic in 2024 increased by 7% compared to the same period of the previous year, to 3 million people.
"The number of tourist trips in Russia is steadily growing, including in the regions of the Russian North and the Arctic. In 2024 alone, they were visited by 3 million people - this is 7% more than in 2023. This applies to both Russians and guests from abroad," TASS quotes him as saying.
According to the Center for Strategic Research, among the northern regions, tourists most often visited the Vologda Region and Karelia - about 700 thousand trips, among the Arctic regions - the Murmansk Region (almost 500 thousand trips). The leaders in terms of popularity are Chukotka, where the number of tourists has more than doubled. There was also a significant increase in tourist trips in the Murmansk Region (+18.6% year-on-year), Krasnoyarsk Krai (+16.1%) and Yakutia (+10.6%). The number of foreign tourists in these regions has almost doubled (more than 75 thousand).
It is noted that further growth in tourist flow to the northern and Arctic regions is directly related to the development of modern tourism infrastructure.
Theodor Lisovoy, Managing Editor, Rough&Polished
