The Nizhniy Novgorod Region will be presented at the international tourist exhibition ITB-2007 taking place in the complex Berlin Exhibition Grounds 7-11 March. The region’s administration sets their serious hopes upon this event.

The 2nd caviar bar in St. Petersburg totally breaks the traditional idea of serving the main Russian delicacy. There is no even a resemblance of serving and national interior.

One of the main points of the forthcoming Russia-Portugal session is going to be joint tourism development. It is planned to make an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the tourism sphere.

Preparation works for reconstruction of 10 Moscow hotels have already started. It is supposed that the basic amount of money will be contributed by independent individual investors.

The first in Russia ecological resort is to be built 60 kilometres distant from Sochi. It is reported that only ecologically clean and safe materials and technologies are planned to be used for building of the project.

The main building of the future tourist complex will include a mini hotel for 16 persons, restaurant, chill out zone with sauna, and gambling halls. Besides, it is planned to construct several separated guest houses.

Moscow authorities at last have remembered that there are no appropriate conditions for disabled persons` transportation in Moscow. By 2015 they are planning to provide access to all public transport in the city for disabled people.

The “black list” of names is likely to include such streets as Silikatnaya (means Silicate Street), Slesarnaya (translated as Metalworker Street), Kabelnaya (Cable Street), and Magistralnaya (literally means Thoroughfare Street).

The company Austrian Airlines has finished registration of all their flights in Domodedovo Airport in Moscow and has become the 25th foreign air transporter and the 6th member of the global air alliance Star Alliance committing flights from Domodedovo.

The 2nd Russian-Chinese festival started February 19, and will last till the 5th of March. During the two festival weeks Petersburg citizens and guests of the city can get acquainted with national Chinese peculiarities.