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The Trouble with Russian Travel

2011-05-15 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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Despite Russia’s prominence as far as its proliferation of World Heritage listed cultural and natural sites goes, the country is struggling to have much of an impact on world tourism, with the travel industry accounting for just 3% of its gross domestic product. Compare that with say, Malta, whose tourist industry accounts for 35% of […]

Tags: Maslenitsa, moscow, Russia tourism, russia tourist industry, Russia travel, Russian Association of Tour Operators, Russian Union of Travel Industry, Siberia travel, Vladimir Kantorovich, world heritage listed sites, Yury Bazrykin

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