BUSINESS TOURISM

RUSSIA
“REVEAL YOUR OWN RUSSIA
“

Divyani Pandey
ROLL NO. 01012
 MBA - T&HM (2020-2022)
IIM SIRMAUR
About Russia
▪ Russia is also called as Russian Federation.
▪ Russia is in North Asia bordering the Arctic ocean, extending
from Europe to North Pacific.
▪ The capital of Russia is Moscow.
▪ It is the largest country in the world in terms of area.
▪ The population of Russia is 141.7 million.
▪ Currency of Russia is Rouble.
▪ The official language of Russia is Russian.
▪ Russia holds 9​th​ rank with respect to international tourist
arrivals.
▪ Russia contains 23 UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
▪ Saint Petersburg and Moscow are the most visited cities of
Russia.
 International Tourists Arrival in Russia

Year Number of Tourist Arrivals

2005 22,201,000
2006 22,486,000
2007 22,909,000
2008 23,676,000
2009 21,339,000
2010 22,281,000
2011 24,932,000
2012 28,177,000
2013 30,792,000
2014 32,421,000
2015 33,729,000
2016 24,571,000
2017 24,390,000

Russia’s Revenue from Tourism

Year Receipts in US$

2005 7,805,000,000
2006 9,720,001,000
2007 12,426,000,000
2008 15,821,000,000
2009 12,369,000,000
2010 13,239,000,000
2011 16,961,000,000
2012 17,876,000,000
2013 20,198,000,000
2014 19,451,000,000
2015 13,204,000,000
2016 12,820,000,000
2017 14,983,000,000

As we can see from the above data the tourism declined in

Russia in 2009 as a result of the economic crisis of 2008.

Tourism also declined in Russia after 2015 till 2017 as a result

of its airstrikes with Turkey.
 References
1. Google
2. Wikipedia
3. UNWTO
4. The Moscow Times
5. UN stats
6. Statista.com
7. Tourism Review.Com