Companies from Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan plan Eurasian alliance of mountain resorts

A memorandum on the
creation of the Eurasian Alliance of Mountain Resorts was signed as part of Russia’s
chairmanship of the EAEU. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko attended
the event at Sirius on June 7-9.

The document was
signed by Head of the Rosa Khutor Russian mountain resort Alexander
Belokobylsky, General Director of the Shymbulak mountain resort in Kazakhstan Rinat
Abdrakhmanov, and General Director of the Amirsoy mountain resort in Uzbekistan
Saidvali Saidkhodjaev.

The parties
agreed to jointly develop a tourist mountain route uniting all three resorts,
which will accelerate the development of domestic tourism in the Eurasian
space.

In addition, the
memorandum envisages holding several events – the Mountain Resorts Festival and
the Eurasia Mountains Award, as well as other initiatives, such as the Active
Journalists Club of Eurasia, the Eurasian Association of Mountain Hiking Routes
and a calendar for the alliance’s major sports and music festivals.

Also, the
parties will help popularise all-season mountain tourism for all age groups, promote
best practices and mountain resort brands that are industry leaders, and
facilitate the preservation and mutual promotion of the participating countries’
natural and cultural heritage.

During his trip
to Sirius, Dmitry Chernyshenko also attended the presentation of the Novaya
Anapa all-Russian family beach resort project. The project envisages developing
17 kilometres of sandy beaches with hotels and apartment-hotels with up to 25,000
rooms and accommodations of various categories.

“In September
2022, President Vladimir Putin instructed us to ensure the development of new
modern year-round sea resorts. In October, he supported a unique project,
unheard of in the modern history of Russia – the Novaya Anapa All-Russian
family beach resort project. It will become part of a general approach to the
development of tourism in seaside areas as well as large freshwater bodies in
Russia. The five seas development concept will span the Black and Azov Sea coasts,
Primorye, as well as the Caspian and Baltic Sea regions. Novaya Anapa is just the
first step in this grand initiative. Eleven federal ministries and government
agencies, natural monopolies and regional authorities are involved in this programme.
We are also seeing increased interest from investors in this new resort project,”
Dmitry Chernyshenko said.