Year of Chinese tourism in Russia has already started. Primorsky Krai — active participant in this major event. During the last years of the Russian-Chinese relations have become a kind of a comprehensive and truly strategic partnership. The share of coastal tourists in general Russian tourist flow in China accounts for almost 40%.
Increased cooperation Primorye and provinces of China is to carry out in 2012-2013. Russia and China\’s tourism, respectively, in China and Russia. In 2012 with the participation of Primorsky Territory Administration conducted more than 40 measures to improve safety and quality of tourist services, the development of new forms of cooperation in tourism, expand the geography of tourist routes. In 2013 more than 20 scheduled events with the Primorsky Territory Administration, to further promote the bilateral Russian-Chinese cooperation in the field of tourism.
On the territory of Primorye planned under Tourism Year of China in Russia will host a series of significant measures aimed at increasing tourist relations, demonstration of tourism potential and increasing numbers of tourists. As explained in the Department of International Cooperation and Tourism of Primorsky Krai, among these events: International Conference on the Protection of the rights of Russian tourists as consumers of goods and services to China, Pacific Rim International Tourism Exhibition (PITE-2014), a regional competition «Leaders of tourist industry of Primorye — 2013» the nomination «The best event of the Year of Chinese tourism in Russia,» tourism conference and the autumn festival of sister cities, the organization of the photo exhibition «China through the eyes of tourists,» «Travel to China» (the contest of children\’s work), etc.
In addition, in the framework of the Year of China in Russia tourism Primorye present colleagues from China its capabilities in the field of tourism regions of the Russian Federation in the format of «Russian Tourism RoadShow 2013» in Beijing and Heihe (Heilongjiang Province), in the 9th Trade and Investment Fair North-East Asia in Changchun, the festival «Tourism — the bulwark of peace» in the Yangtze.
Note that in 2012 China had left 514642 of the littoral, which is 11.6% less than in 2011. As for the Chinese tourists, last year, 244602 residents visited Primorye China as tourists, it is 345 times larger than the data 2011.