On the eve of the beginning of the winter season, the national tourist portal Russia.Travel The national project "Tourism and the Hospitality Industry" has prepared more than 40 travel options that cover the most sought-after destinations from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka. The selection contains a wide variety of ideas and places for active and interesting leisure activities: from ski slopes and tobogganing to places where you can meet the northern Lights or go on an excursion tour.
Especially for the winter season, the portalRussia.Travel has created more than 40 ready-made options for active leisure activities throughout Russia: Karelia, Kamchatka, Baikal, the North Caucasus, Siberia, the Urals, Altai, etc.You can plan your trip ahead of the winter season and the upcoming New Year holidays.
On the portal in a special section"Winter travel ideas and routes"Tourists will be able to find or choose options and ideas for winter holidays that cover a wide variety of travelers' preferences.Link to the section: https://zima.russia.travel/
For those who want to catch the northern Lights, the portal team Russia.Travel I have prepared a special guide, as well as instructions and useful tips on how not to miss an exciting natural phenomenon. In Russia, you can see the northern Lights in the Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions, Karelia, Yakutia, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, and Chukotka.At the same time, recreation can be combined with an excursion tour, learning about the culture and peculiarities of the regions.
For lovers of educational recreation and families with children, there are directions for sightseeing tourism. In particular, routes to historical cities are available on the portal: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tula, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Vyborg, Samara, Yaroslavl and others.Also on the Russia.Travel websitein a special sectionyou can find ready-made ideas and options for short trips for 2-3 days to cities such as Tula (https://russia.travel/routes/337080 /), Pskov, Veliky Novgorod and Staraya Russa, Ples and Kineshma, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Ulan-Ude, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Ufa, Ryazan, and others. In total, there are 20 destinations that cover 19 cities and include a total of more than 150 objects and places to visit. The program is designed in such a way that in 2-3 days in any city and region you can have time to see all the main attractions and get acquainted with the local cuisine.Link to the section: https://city.russia.travel/.
According to a VTsIOM opinion poll, 39% of Russians consider skiing or sledding to be an ideal winter vacation in 2022, slightly more than a third (34%) named trips to visit relatives and friends, and fewer people began to choose the option of relaxing at home: in 2022, 28% of Russians compared to 2021. 38%.
Active recreation (skiing and sledding) leads the top 5 types of ideal winter leisure for Russians of almost all ages: among the age groups of 18-24 and 35-44, half of the respondents named it (51% and 50%, respectively). Among people over the age of 60, one in five (21%) chose sports activities, which is the fourth most popular answer in this age category.
Trips to visit and visit relatives were more often mentioned by young people aged 18-24 and 25-34 as ideal holidays (42% and 40%, respectively). Young people from 18 to 24 years old like to relax at home more than other age groups (43%), this is the second most popular answer among Russians of this age, and it is also the second most popular among Russians over 60 (29%).
Educational recreation and excursions to historical sites were among the top 5 types of ideal recreation among Russians aged 25 and over (25-34 years old, 35-44 years old - 31% each, 45-59 years old — 29%, over 60 years old — 23%), but among young people aged 18-24 this holiday is less popular, it was called only 17% of young people.
