“We will transport 2.5 million passengers in the direction of Crimea in the summer, which is almost 2 times higher than last year’s figures,” TASS quoted Savelyev as saying.
He said that the number of trains has grown from 14 to 17, the frequency of running has also been increased and the composition has been replenished.
According to the Ministry of Transport, in the six months of 2022, 7 million passengers were transported in the direction of the Black Sea resorts, Minvod, Crimea.
“In total, more than 12 million passengers are planned to be transported to the south, which is 43% higher than last year,” Savelyev concluded.
Earlier, the head of the committee of the Russian Union of the Travel Industry (PCT) on domestic tourism, the general director of the national tour operator Alean, Ilya Umansky, in an interview with NSN, commented on the situation with tourism within Russia.