An open vote was held on the city's VisitTula tourism portal. The final drawing of the guidebook will be completed by mid-December, and its presentation will take place before the end of the year.
The jury, consisting of representatives of the Tula Region Committee for Tourism Development, the Tula Region Tourism Development Center and the Directorate of the Mors International Festival of Book Illustration and Visual Literature, selected the 5 best works from 28 illustrators. Further voting took place on the city's VisitTula tourism portal. The first place was taken by Svetlana Fomina, who was voted for by 196 people. Overall voting results:
1. Svetlana Fomina — 196
2. Maria Burova — 173
3. Kashirova Alexandra — 151
4. Veretennikova Nadezhda — 127
5. Hristevich Lidiya — 113
"I've lived in Tula all my life, and it so happened that I had the opportunity to paint our city a lot and in various ways for various projects, mainly in connection with the packaging of pastilles and gingerbread. The idea of a travel guide was in my life a few years ago, but it wasn't realized then. I hope everything will work out now!", said the winner Svetlana Fomina.
Now Svetlana Fomina, under the guidance of representatives of the International Festival of Book Illustration and Visual Literature "Morse", will begin to draw the objects of the guidebook. The final printed version will be presented in Tula in the second half of December.