Almost 4 million Russians engaged in travel industry
The number of direct and indirect
working places created in
The research shows that in 2011
tourism contributed 3.4 trillion rubles (5.9% GOP) into the Russian economy. It
is more than the contribution of the car and chemical industries (4.8 and 3.3 respectively)
and telecommunications (2.9). As for direct and indirect working places,
tourism takes over chemical and financial sectors. Besides, tourism is one of
the most fast-growing branches of the Russian economy. Its average annual
growth has been 4% in the past 10 years.
According to the research in 2011
foreign tourist brought 517.2 billion rubles into the Russian budget. It is
30.5% of all Russian services export and 2.9% of all goods and services export.
The President of WYYC David Scowsill
considers 2013 an important year for