The city administration noted that they were very carefully preparing for the contest, which was held by the Altai Tourism Development Department. The contest was held as part of the «Tourist Code» project.
The city administration of Barnaul reported that they plan to invest 40.6 million rubles from the budget into the tourist sphere of the city. This will be a subsidy won in a competition held by the Altai Krai Department for Tourism Development and Resort Activities.
Evgenia Slascheva, the head of the city tourism department, stated that the city had prepared well for participation in the contest. In particular, professional architects were invited to determine the territory where tourist events will be held. There are plans to modernize the city's tourist sites.
The authorities of the Omsk region said that they want to double the tourist attractiveness of the region by 20230.
In Primorye, a separate Ministry of Tourism was created. Before that, its powers were distributed between two departments.