The number of foreign tourists who visited the Russian Federation in 2024 amounted to 9.7 million people. This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko at a meeting of the Government Commission for the development of tourism.
“According to the results of 2024, they reached all the planned indicators of the national project. The number of tourist trips exceeded 90 million people. This is 37% higher than in 2021. A total of more than 872 thousand numbers in the classified means of accommodation. The number of foreign tourists was 9.7 million people, we see that interest continues to grow, the words of which are given by the Russian Media.
“The Ministry of Transport will be on the basis of the forecast of the development of tourist destinations and the construction of new resorts to ensure the transportation of tourists … Trips around the country should be available to people, which means that it is necessary to systematically build a balance of freight containers within the country and on foreign flights,” Chernyshenko added.