Ufa will become cruise port

The Russian cruise market is one of the most promising areas for the tourism sector's development. Cruises can start and end in one port (circular route) and different ports (a linear route), have a different thematic focus (excursion and educational, expeditionary), which largely affects the specifics of the passenger service organization and the choice of cruise ship class.

Moscow - Solovetsky Islands - Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod - Ufa - Nizhny Novgorod (along the rivers Volga, Kama, Belaya) route may be proposed according to the document. The organization of cruises on rivers with an insufficient capacity of channels can be carried out after the commissioning of passenger wheeled ships in the European part of the Russian Federation.

Development of combined sea and river cruises on the Caspian Sea and the Volga river will stimulate the growth of cruises in the lower reaches of the Volga river, providing new opportunities for the growth of the tourist flow in the Caspian region, the concept notes.