“Implementation of projects to create a modern, safe tourist infrastructure on Sakhalin will ensure a four-fold increase in tourist flow by 2030,” Chernyshenko is quoted by TASS.

More than 1 million tourists will visit Sakhalin every year, he said.

Earlier, Vice-President of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (PCT) Dmitry Gorin said that the tourism industry expects a significant increase in travel demand in 2022.

Executive Director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia Maya Lomidze, speaking at the NSN press center, commented on the situation with domestic tourism in 2021.