From 9 to 13 September 2026, the Committee for Tourism Growth of St. Petersburg organised a global data tour centered on St. Petersburg’s precedence tourism sectors. The individuals included about 40 representatives of tour operator firms, industry-specific media and bloggers from Brazil, Vietnam, India, China, the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and South Africa. The occasion was aimed toward selling St. Petersburg as a contemporary, year-round vacationer vacation spot. 

The data tour launched overseas specialists to the cultural, enterprise, occasion and gastronomic potential of Russia’s northern capital, and in addition facilitated direct contacts between overseas tour operators and St. Petersburg service suppliers. The data marketing campaign coated pleasant nations and confirmed sturdy curiosity in Russia as a sexy vacationer vacation spot.

A particular enterprise programme was organized for tour operators. It grew to become an essential a part of the knowledge tour and enabled individuals not solely to develop into acquainted with the town but additionally to determine skilled connections. The dwell dialogue format made it potential to debate particular requests, trade contacts and description joint tasks.

Individuals had been taken alongside a basic route and launched to St. Petersburg’s major treasures. Within the historic centre, they visited the Manege Central Exhibition Corridor and ascended the colonnade of St. Isaac’s Cathedral, one of many metropolis’s major remark platforms. On the Peter and Paul Fortress, the company heard the legendary midday cannon shot, a practice that rings out over the Neva day by day. The imperial residences at Tsarskoye Selo, with the Catherine Palace and the Amber Room, Peterhof and Gatchina Palace, conveyed the dimensions and grandeur of Russian historical past.

Along with the classics, individuals noticed websites representing the town’s new tourism geography. International company found fashionable St. Petersburg: the New Holland artistic area, in addition to the Sevkabel Port and Brusnitsyn clusters, which have develop into magnets for artistic industries.

An essential milestone of their introduction to fashionable St. Petersburg was the Lakhta Heart. Individuals ascended the remark deck of the tallest constructing in Europe and assessed the town from above, from historic districts to new architectural horizons.

“We wish each visitor to take a chunk of its soul away from St. Petersburg. Our metropolis has huge tourism potential: majestic palaces, fashionable artistic areas, and the distinctive ambiance of the white nights and drawbridges. Tour individuals noticed how St. Petersburg residents dwell, and we hope they are going to develop into our goodwill ambassadors. Russia is attracting rising consideration, and St. Petersburg is its major gateway for tens of millions of vacationers,” famous Evgeny Pankevich, Chairman of the Committee for Tourism Growth of St. Petersburg.

Friends of St. Petersburg took residence not solely new data but additionally vivid feelings.

“Thanks very a lot to the great group of St. Petersburg for making our go to so memorable! From the wonderful metropolis excursions to the time spent collectively, every part was nicely thought out and made the journey really gratifying. I’m leaving St. Petersburg with great reminiscences and immense gratitude to everybody who made this journey potential,” mentioned Mohammed Salahuddin (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

“Thanks to the group for organising an exquisite journey to St. Petersburg; I really loved exploring this superb metropolis and its historical past. It was a pleasure to make new associates. Come to Oman!” mentioned Bhagat Bhavna (Oman).

“Each half was fascinating and helpful. We hope to see you and everybody within the group once more quickly,” mentioned Thuy Van (Vietnam).

“We categorical our honest gratitude for the large efforts that made our mission profitable. You labored tirelessly to make sure the programme was excellently ready. We wrote the reality precisely as we noticed and skilled it,” mentioned Karim Murtada (UAE).

“Many because of your complete St. Petersburg group for making this expertise so particular! I’m returning with unbelievable reminiscences, new associates and plenty of vivid moments,” mentioned Hrituraj Badrinarayan Mishra (India).

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