"During the first half of the year, 24.6 million people rested in the country, which is 85% more than the same period last year," TASS quoted the head of the department as saying.

She called this trend good and said it was "higher than in most countries."

“We hope that domestic tourism will fully recover by the end of this year,” Doguzova summed up.

It is noted that information on the number of nights spent by tourists in hotels was used as statistical data.

Earlier in the material RT it was reported that Rosturizm decided to extend the sale of tours with cashback in Russia for one more month - until August 31.