Daria Chepur from Moscow has become a 3-millionth tourist in Kazan

Daria Chepur from Moscow has become a 3-millionth tourist in Kazan

<p> (KZN.RU, November 1, Ksenia Shvetsova). A three millionth tourist has been determined in Kazan. It was Daria Chepur from Moscow, who will arrive in the city on November 9. The name of the winner of the campaign “Become a three-million tourist of Kazan” was chosen today with the help of a lotto-wheel. She was already in the capital of Tatarstan last summer, but did not have time to see all the sights. Thus, she planned a trip for the November holidays. An interesting two-day program and a lot of surprises have been prepared for the anniversary guest. Daria Chepur will be able to see Kazan from the air, from the water, and also walk through the most famous tourist sites of the city. Daria Sannikova, the director of the Committee for the Tourism Promotion, told today at the press conference held in one of the restaurants in the Staro-Tatarskaya Sloboda. </p> <p> In total, 316 people from 94 cities took part in the action dedicated to the landmark event for the tourist industry of Kazan. They sent their application forms to the site specially created for the action from 1 to 29 of October. In order to confirm that the guest is planning to visit Kazan in early November, it was necessary to attach a photo of the ticket to the capital of Tatarstan. Sometimes the reason for visiting the city turned out to be quite unusual. For example, one of the participants decided to propose to his beloved in the city. </p> <p> This year, calculations of the Tourism Promotion Committee of Kazan in terms of the number of tourists visiting the city are confirmed by one of the mobile operators, who aggregates a large amount of impersonal data about their clients. According to the operator’s analytical data, the most popular for tourists were June, July, and August, when the capital of Tatarstan was visited monthly by up to 400 thousand guests. The operator also confirmed that Kazan will cross the threshold of 3 million tourists in early November. </p> <p> All applications received for the competition were processed and placed in a lotto machine. The director of the Tourism Promotion Committee chose one envelope with the name of the winner, it was Daria Chepur from Moscow. She was immediately called to announce the good news. </p> <p> “I didn't even expect it, it's so great!” answered Daria. “In the summer I came to your city for work. I’m very excited!”. </p> <p> Three millionth tourists will have a very busy and unusual entertainment program for two days. “We plan to show Kazan in three dimensions: in the air, on the water, and on the ground. A helicopter flight, visits to the main tourist sites, a river trip through Kazanka, and much more are planned”, said D. Sannikova. She recalled that the cultural program, as well as the main treats for the three millionth tourist, were invented by the Kazan people themselves. The vote for the most interesting tourist facilities and the most delicious dishes of the Tatar national cuisine has been organized. The voting results were summarized in October. Citizens decided that the anniversary guest should go to the museum “City Panorama” and the Chak-Chak Museum, see the Kremlin Embankment, and also go to the Kamal Theater. As for the dishes of the national cuisine, the citizens advised to the anniversary guest to try tutyrma with horse meat, kullama soup, Tatar azu, vak balish, gubadiya, and katyk. </p> <p> Daria Sannikova also described a portrait of an average Kazan tourist. As it turned out, most often the city is visited by women aged 25 to 35, about 60% of the tourists visiting the city for the first time and about 43% for the second time. The main activity in attendance falls in the summer, as well as in the second half of spring. Tourists prefer to travel with friends and family. The main sources of information from which they learn about Kazan are “word of mouth”, communication with friends, relatives, and colleagues. The main reasons for arrival are the sights and cultural program of the city. </p> <p> In general, there is a constant increase in the number of guests in the capital of Tatarstan. For example, 600 thousand tourists visited the city in 2006, 1 million in 2010, 2 million 100 thousand in 2015, 2 million 750 thousand people last year. And this year, for the first time Kazan will receive more than 3 million guests. The growth of tourist flow was promoted by the active development of the event, sport, business, cultural, and business tourism in Kazan, as well as the holding of a significant global event in Kazan, the World Cup. </p>

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