He noted that the main problem is the lack of treatment facilities in the housing and communal services.
“In recent years, tourists on Lake Baikal - both Russian and foreign - have become much more. New hotels spawn like mushrooms after rain, but nobody really cares about sewage treatment plants, ”Ivanov said.
He also drew attention to the problem of "wild tourism", when travelers stop on the shore of the lake, and then leave without cleaning up the trash.
Earlier, the head of the “Save Baikal” project Maxim Tokarev in an interview with the NSN spoke about the volunteers coming to the lake.