3, 6 million tourists visited Crimea for the first eleven months of 2014, said the Minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky.

Crimea became a Russian region after held there March 16 referendum in which an overwhelming number of inhabitants of the Republic were in favour of joining the Federation.

" on December 1, in the Crimea rested 3, 6 million tourists. At the end of the year will be 3, 8 million. 3 million of them - our compatriots, " said Medina during the governmental hour in the state Duma.

The Minister of culture said that the number of tourists from Ukraine decreased, and the Ministry has done everything to bring in the Crimea Russian citizens.

in October, Deputy Minister of culture of the Russian Federation Alla Manilova predicted that by the end of the year the number of Russian citizens, sheslivchik in 2014 in the Crimea, will be from 3, 7 to 3, 8 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.

it claimed that the Crimean authorities to 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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