More than 160, 000 tourists visited Tatarstan during Confederations Cup

04.07.2017

On July 4, at a briefing at Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers, Deputy Chairman of State Committee on tourism Artur Abdrashitov said that More than 160, 000 tourists visited Tatarstan during Confederations Cup. First Deputy Head of the Executive committee of Kazan Damir Fattakhov informed that 44 streets for the total sum of 3,7 bln roubles were repaired during the preparation for Confederations Cup.

“Kazan airport traffic increased by 50 per cent in comparison with the same period last year. Tourists visited Kazan sights as well as the island town of Sviyazhsk (the number of tourists from June 15-29 increased by 29 per cent). The average hotel occupancy made 75 per cent. Mexican and Chile tourists used services of tour companies more than other tourists,” Abdrashitov said.

Speaking about ticket programme of FIFA World Cup 2018, the Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs of the republic Vladimir Leonov said that ticket policy should be more loyal taking into account the income level in the region.

“Ticket programme is a prerogative of FIFA. We discussed our recommendations with them. By results of Confederations Cup we will have a big meeting with the participation of Vitaly Mutko. He is also concerned about this problem, because the tickets to matches were quite expensive. Tickets for 1000 roubles were quickly sold and only tickets for 10-15 thousand roubles were on sale. Our citizens could not afford buying them,” Leonov said.


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