The Amur region received more than 200 thousand tourists in six months of 2026

BLAGOVESHCHENSK, September 26 - RIA Novosti. The Amur region received more than 200 thousand tourists in the first six months of 2026, and at the end of last year, the hospitality industry brought the region 5 billion rubles, the Amur region government reported.

A meeting on the development of tourism in the Far East was held on Zavyalov Island in the Magadan Region under the leadership of the Russian Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yuri Trutnev, where Governor Vasily Orlov reported on the results of the industry.

“Amur tourism is showing record growth rates: over six months, more than 200 thousand people visited the region - this is twice as much as a year earlier. The industry is becoming strategic: last year, guests of the region left 5 billion rubles in the hospitality sector, replenishing the budget by more than a billion,” said Governor Vasily Orlov.

The head of the region noted that the region is relying on infrastructure projects, including a new airport and a five-star hotel on the Golden Mile, which will be commissioned in 2027.

According to him, the key focus remains working with Chinese tourists through China Friendly standards and a visa-free regime. The region's hotel stock is also expanding: three priority investment projects are being implemented and eight sites for new hotels have been proposed.

The flagship of industrial tourism is the Vostochny cosmodrome; the Bureyskaya and Nizhne-Bureyskaya hydroelectric power stations, agro-industrial complex and gold mining enterprises are open to the public. The development of ecotourism is promoted by six federal reserves and wildlife sanctuaries, dozens of regional protected areas and three large reservoirs, the regional government specified.