The number of Russian citizens, sheslivchik in 2014 in the Crimea, will be by the end of year 3, 7 to 3, 8 million people, predicts Deputy Minister of culture of the Russian Federation Alla Manilova.

" in Crimea we will leave at 3, 7-3, 8 million domestic tourism to the end of the year, and despite the fact that the Simferopol airport embarked on the renovation, " said manilow reporters on the sidelines of the Russian-Austrian tourism forum, which opened in Vienna on Thursday.

She explained that the Ministry of culture, responsible for tourism, had planned that after the annexation of Crimea to the Russian Federation the Number of Russian tourists on the Peninsula will be 3 million people. In her vision, it could reach 4 million tourists, unless problems with transport. Crimea and the mainland of the Russian Federation binds ferry, where due to the influx of tourists in the summer was formed many kilometers of traffic jams.

According to Manilova, the current situation in politics and the economy, including the reduction rate of the ruble, favors the development of domestic tourism in the Russian Federation and inbound tourism in the Russian Federation. The Deputy Minister believes inflated data in 1, 5 million Russian tourists a year coming to the Crimea, when he was part of Ukraine.

" It is believed that from Russia (Crimea) was 1, 5 million (per year). Actually, according to the Ministry of transport in the past year were transported from Russia to 400 thousand people, " She said.

Crimea and Sevastopol became the regions of Russia after the referendum in March 2014, when a Large number of residents were in favour of secession from Ukraine and entry into Russia.

Crimean authorities by December intend to create and adopt a state program on development of tourism and resorts, the goal of which is to turn the Crimea in the near future in an international, year-round, competitive tourist center of Russia.

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