Each year, the frame of his photos is Siberian.
Since 2007, and his first shots shirtless, in combat trousers and combat boots, Vladimir Putin has spent his holidays in the Siberian taiga, where he is photographed performing various outdoor feats: fishing, swimming, hiking or hiking. horse... The “
Holidays in Siberia
” itinerary now offered by the Russian Federal Tourism Agency (Rostourism) completes this arsenal of the Putin personality cult.
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On more than 1,200 kilometers, tourists will be able, from July, to cross the Krasnoyarsk region and the republics of Khakasia and Tuva, places where President Putin "
likes to relax
", says Zarina Dokuzova during her speech at the economic forum : “
This is an absolutely special route, which really has no equivalent (…) It combines incredibly beautiful nature, vibrant ethnicities of Siberian peoples and unique objects: the gold of the Scythians, the tombs of the chiefs of the prehistoric kingdoms of Middle Yenisey and the Buddhist sites of Tuva.
We have also included an engineering miracle, the Sayano-Shushenskaya dam, on the route
”.
Domestic holidays to revive the tourist economy
The creation of this circuit is part of a policy of revival of the Russian tourist sector.
In 2019, Russian spending on international travel reached $36 billion, according to the world tourism organization.
A significant financial windfall which was considerably affected when the coronavirus pandemic caused the closure of borders around the world.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the country has once again been greatly isolated from international travel.
Russian airlines are banned from flying in European airspace, many countries have stopped issuing visas for Russian nationals, and Russians' visa or MasterCard cards no longer work abroad.
With travel abroad becoming increasingly complicated, Russian authorities are trying to come up with ideas for domestic vacations.
In total, 20 million euros have been released by Rostourism for the creation of 24 tourist routes, including this route in the footsteps of Vladimir Putin.
