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 On July 4 - 11, 2010, The First Interregional Informational tour of Krasnoyarsk Krai - Republic Khakassia - Republic Tuva, took place, organized by state structures connected with organization of tourism in these three regions. The participants in this interregional info tour were representatives of tourist business, organs of government and the media from Krasnoyarsk Krai, Khakassia, Tuva, and Novosibirsk region, as the deputy of Minister of culture and tourism of Tuva, Viktoriya Saryglar, informed Tuva-Online.
The goal of the info-tour was to show the tour operators and the media the entire spectrum of the tourist potential of the territory of these three regions, to get to meet the local organs of administration, and as a result, to receive support for the existing itineraries and to originate new tourist products, which should increase the flow of organized tourists.
In eight days, theparticipantsof the info-tour traveled along a unique itinerary: Krasnoyarsk - Abakan - Askiz - Abaza - Ak-Dovurak - Chadan - Kyzyl - Ergaki - Shushenskoye - Minusinsk - Abakan - Krasnoyarsk. The unique features of this tour rest in the combination of varying natural landscapes, ecologically clean zones, monuments of archeology and the original nomadic life of Asia’s peoples. The range of natural-climate zones opens unlimited possibilities for travel in the endless steppes, taiga, deserts, mountain ranges rivers, and salt-water as well as fresh-water lakes. Monuments of historic - cultural heritage were introduced in in huge numbers ( some of which date from from 2nd and 3rd millenium BCE), and among which are menhirs, kurgans, areas of ancient astronomical observatories, runnic writing, medieval fortresses, cultic objects.
The participants of the info-tour learned about the culture of Asian peoples, visited the festival of live music and faith, “Ustuu-Khuree”, the Buddhist monastery in Chadan, and other places of cultic worship, they saw shamanic “kamlanie”, and tried out personally the delights of nomadic lifestyle with overnight stays in real yurts with folk cooking. The tour was also beautified by visits to state museums in Minusinsk and in Kyzyl, as well as visits to open-air museums “Ancient kurgans of Sablyk steppe”, ethno-museums in Kazanovka and historical-ethnographic museum-preserve “Shushenskoye”.
The remarkably rich tourist potential of these territories, in the opinion of representatives of the tourist business, offers opportunities for development of various types of tourism, such as ecological, cultural-educational, (ethinc, archeological, esoteric), pilgrimages, rural, extreme.
The info-tour culminated on July 11 in a three-sided interregional agreement, in which participated the deputy of minister of sport, tourism and youth politics of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Yevgenii Pyankov, deputy of minister of sport, tourism and youth politics of Republic Khakassia, Yelena Yegorova, and the deputy of minister of culture and tourism of Republic Tuva, Viktoriya Saryglar.
The chief result of the agreement was the general recognition of the necessity to create a single tourist-informational space for the three regions. Among the main directions of current activity were considered informational interregional tours, promotion of the three territories under a single heading, joint participation in Russian and international tourist fairs, and mandatory participation in significant touristic events (exhibitions, festivals, fairs, expo’s, etc.) of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Republic Khakassia, and Republic Tuva. It was decided to join efforts in the area of informational politics of the regions, including mandatory sharing of information among the centers of information. It was also decided to co-ordinate the performance of seminars, working meetings, workshops, and conferences in the area of tourism. To reach tehse goals, a decision was made to set up an interregional expert committee, which would include representatives of organs of administration and tour business of the three regions.
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