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Russia is among the top ten most visited countries in the world according to UNWTO.

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Russia took the tenth position in the ranking of the most visited countries in the world in 2015 according to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

The organization notes that the number of tourists who visited Russia in 2015 was 31.6 million people. This is 6.2% more than in 2014. First place, according to UNWTO, is occupied by France (86.3 million), followed by the USA (77.9 million), Spain (68.1 million), China (56.9 million) and Italy (50.8 million).

According to experts of the Ministry of Tourism of the Russian Federation, the attractiveness of Russia for foreign tourists was influenced by the developed modern infrastructure, improvement of service quality, active promotion in foreign markets. The low ruble exchange rate made traveling in Russia cheaper for foreign citizens, allowing to meet the deferred demand.

"We see a constantly growing interest in our country from foreign tourists. Rostourism is working to make traveling in Russia comfortable, affordable and safe. Development of inbound tourism is one of the priority tasks. This is a non-resource export of services, which is very important in the current economic situation. Tourism is associated with 53 sectors of the national economy and has a direct impact on their development. The sector serves as the locomotive of the economy, creates new jobs, promotes self-employment of the population and increases socio-economic stability. I am convinced that Russia has every chance to strengthen its position in the ranking of the most popular tourist destinations", - explains the head of Rostourism Oleg Safonov.

Most tourists come from Southeast Asia, China and the Middle East region. Last year Russia received more than one million guests from China. Tourist flow from Iran doubled compared to last year. There has been a significant growth against the backdrop of the abolition of visas for organized tourists from South Korea. Cross years of Russia-France, Russia-Spain tourism should lead to an increase in tourist flow from these countries, where in 2015 the number of requests for Russian tourist visas increased by 30% compared to 2014.

Promotion of the Russian tourist product abroad is carried out by national offices of VisitRussia, opened in eight cities of the world. This year it is planned to further expand the network of tourist offices of Russia.

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