Foreign fans who have fan passports (Fan ID) will be granted a visa-free entry to Russia till the end of the year.

The most popular information desks titled “Live Communication” operating in the Moscow metro during the World Cup are located at the “Ploshchad Revolutsii” and “Pushkinskaya” stations. Up to 1 thousand people turn to these desks every day.

The Buryat village of Bolshoy Kunaley, where the descendants of the Old Believers who moved to Siberia in the eighteenth century live, received the status of “Russia’s most beautiful village”.

The CEO of Thomas Cook Group Peter Fankhauser called Russia a new point of attraction for foreign tourists on the waves of success of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

St. Petersburg has won the prestigious World Travel Awards in the category of “The Best European Cruise Destination” and “The Best Cultural and Tourist Destination in Europe”.

A “Medical Tour” for the residents of China has been developed by the travel agencies in Tomsk and Siberian Medical University, the tour also provides the services of in vitro fertilization.

It is noted that the fans from Colombia proved to be the most benevolent. After a dinner at a city restaurant they invited the chef and performed a song as a token of appreciation.

Using such an electronic visa, a foreigner can enter the country for eight days and visit only the region into which he/she entered.

Yaroslavl Oblast plans to create two tourist clusters – “Yaroslavskaya Riviera” on the Volga River and “Vereteya” on Lake Pleshcheyevo.

It will also provide theoretical information on the basic concepts: architecture of cathedrals, interior decoration, congregation, miraculous icons, Orthodox holidays, new martyrs, Orthodox etiquette.