Tourism in the Yaroslavl region is one of the priority and actively developing sectors of the economy of the Yaroslavl region . It is represented by cultural tourism (museum, event, ethnographic), business and congress tourism are also growing. Educational, recreational, environmental, wellness and school tourism are on the rise.
According to the rating of the Expert RA rating agency, the region holds the 18th place in the Russian Federation in tourism potential [1] .
Three cities of Yaroslavl region are included in the Golden Ring of Russia - Yaroslavl , Rostov the Great and Pereslavl-Zalessky . The historical center of Yaroslavl is a UNESCO World Heritage Site , the city has about 800 state-protected architectural monuments [2] . Tunoshna Airport has an international status. In the Yaroslavl region there are more than 250 museums. The largest of them were discovered in the last century. Their collections number more than 800 thousand units of storage [3] .
The main natural wealth of the region is the Volga River , on which most of the 214 historically significant settlements are located. On the territory of the region is the Pereslavl Natural-Historical National Park and part of the Darwin Nature Reserve .
Original museums include the “ Mouse Museum ” in Myshkin , the “ Museum of the History of Russian Vodka ” in Uglich , the “ Museum of Merchants ” and the Museum of the Frog Princess in Rostov , the Baklush Museum in the village of Semibratovo . [four]
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Holidays
- Memorial Day of Tsarevich (May 28, Uglich , children's holiday)
- All-Russian Nekrasov Poetry Festival (first Saturday of July, Karabikha )
- Festival of choral and bell music "Transfiguration" (August, Yaroslavl )
- Merchant's Day ( Rybinsk )
- Days of European Cultural Heritage (September) and the Winter Festival “By the Pike Command” (February) in Rostov
- Holidays mouse and boots (June – July, Myshkin )
- "Peter's Assemblies" (July, Pereslavl-Zalessky )
Sports Tourism
One of the areas of tourism was the participation of visitors from other regions in sporting events (such as marathons) and as fans. [5] (See Arena 2000 )
Crafts
- Yaroslavl Majolica
- Romanovsk lace
- Rostov enamel
- Nekrasov clay toy
Statistics
In 2011, the region was visited by about 1.8 million tourists, of which 740 thousand were for leisure purposes, 220 thousand were foreigners, [6] most of whom came from France, Germany and the USA. [7] In 2012, the number of tourists visiting the region exceeded 2 million. 84 hotels with 6,500 beds operate in the region, [4] while Yaroslavl in terms of the availability of hotel rooms per thousand inhabitants (5.77) exceeds the values of Moscow (2.5) and St. Petersburg (3.22). [8] In 2014, the region was visited by 3.2 million tourists, of which 264 thousand were foreign tourists, most of whom were residents of Spain, the USA and Germany [9] .
Notes
- ↑ Investment potential of Russian regions in 2014 . Expert RA (2014). Date of treatment November 19, 2015.
- ↑ Sights of Yaroslavl // Travel portal of Yaroslavl
- ↑ Yaroslavl region // Tourism in Russia. Unified Information System
- ↑ 1 2 Head of the Tourism Agency of the Yaroslavl Region Y. Vetoshkina: "The Yaroslavl Region intends to double tourist flow by 2025." April 11, 2013 // Interfax
- ↑ Interview with the Deputy Governor of the Yaroslavl Region. 04/25/2013 // Today Live
- ↑ Tourism development strategy in the Yaroslavl region. Pavel Chistyakov (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Yulia Vetoshkina: Yaroslavl Region will double tourist flow by 2025. 03/25/2013 // RIA Novosti
- ↑ We are ahead of all of Russia. December 28, 2012 // Northern Territory
- ↑ In the Yaroslavl region, tourist flow has grown significantly over the year | The Yaroslavl Room . yaroslavl-room.ru. Date of treatment May 17, 2016.
Links
- Yaroslavl region // Department of tourism development of the Yaroslavl region
- Travel Guide Yaroslavl Oblast in Wikiguide