Tourist information center to be opened in Irkutsk
Regional tourist
information center (TIC) will start operating in
According to Marina
Rozhkova, the center’s aim is to create a positive image of Lower Angara Region
for promoting region’s tourist brand, and to organize convenient information
environment for both Russian and foreign tourists. TIC will present ultimate
information on travel potential of the region in Russian, English, French,
German, Italian, Polish, Chinese and Korean languages.
“In order to protect
the rights of the consumers of travel and excursion services and to improve the
quality of services, interpreters in tourism field will be certificated on the
basis of regional TIC. Besides, a call-center where information for tourists
will be available in different languages is in the planning stage, - explained
Ms. Rozhkova to Regnum.
The principal of the
Irkutsk State Linguistic University Grigory Voskoboynik noted that students
will be able to do practical trainings on the basis of the center which will
improve the quality of interpreters’ professional qualification.
It will be recalled
that the Agency for Tourism on behalf of the Governor of the