On the site of the tourist cluster they saw only “shacks and people living in dire poverty”
Journalists of Federal mass media, who visited Primorskii Krai in connection with the opening of the first ecological tunnel in Russia, did not find anything attractive in the region and its main “tourist Mecca” – the Khasansky district.
… To show Their dissatisfaction from what they expressed on a press-the approach that gave on the occasion of the opening of the narvinsky mountain tunnel, the head of the Russian presidential administration Sergey Ivanov, reported IA “data”.
On a working visit to Primorye after the official visit in China on March 26, came the head of presidential administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov. Along with it came a pool of journalists of Federal mass media. Journalists, unlike the head of the presidential administration, moving on the littoral exclusively on the road and can see small settlements and landscapes attractive region. Sergey Ivanov has arrived to narvinsky mountain tunnel on the helicopter.
“The people here are living in dire poverty, there are some shacks. In the framework of eco-tourism and protection of leopards is not going how do you improve people’s lives? It is not clear just what to show people who will not see the leopard,” the claim asked by the press, the journalist from Moscow, which, judging by the tone, was not satisfied with what he saw the beauty of the Khasansky district of Primorye.
The difficult question tried to answer Sergei Ivanov, who, most likely, could watch a designated representative of the media “poverty” and “shacks” only from the window of the helicopter.
“We’re going to develop tourism so people come here. And coming here they will leave some money for further development of already other territories. As for settlements located near the national Park “Land of leopard” is another socio-economic problem. And I agree that she is quite acute,” he tried to smooth things over Ivanov.
Not left without attention this issue and the Governor of Primorye Vladimir Miklushevsky. He advised the journalist to come in the Khasan district in the summer.
“Come here in summer and you will see how everything is different. There will be a huge number of tourists. While, in the majority, they rest on the sea. Khasansky district is one of the most attractive areas of the region. The road and tunnel have done is already a big step forward in the development of road infrastructure. Tourists will first go to where there is a road”, said journalist Vladimir Miklushevsky.
Recall that according to the Border Department of the FSB of Russia for the Primorye territory to the territory of the region in 2015 entered 464 787 foreign nationals. It is 14 percent higher than last year. Leaders of growth of inbound tourism flows to the Primorsky Krai are the people’s Republic of China and the Republic of Korea.
The strategy for socio-economic development of Primorsky territory until 2025 assumes development of the region as a tourist hub of the Far East of Russia – the starting point of the formation of tourist routes along the corridor Russia-Asia-Russia. Primorsky Krai needs to concentrate tourism flows from countries of the Asia-Pacific region and from Russia, which will increase the number of tourists passing through the territory of up to 10 million by 2025 – this is evidenced by data of Primorsky Krai.
