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Seaside projects in the tourism industry received awards in four categories of the national rating of tourist brands-2018, the results of which were announced at the international exhibition "Intourmarket-2019" in Moscow.

The victory in the nomination "Hotels" and the title of the best place to stay in the country received the hotel complex "Warm sea", located on the shore of the sea of Japan in Khasan district of Primorsky Krai. It is known to tourists and residents of the region high service, and its main highlight – a pool with warm sea water.

In the nomination "Regional event" Primorsky Krai took the second place with the Pacific tourism forum. The annual event is held on Russky island and brings together Russian and foreign experts in the field of tourism. By the way, this year the forum will be even bigger, the program has already announced: international youth Congress, PITE exhibition, FAM tours, lectures, as well as the international exhibition of boats and yachts Vladivostok Boat Show.

Another" silver " brought the edge of the seaside aquarium in the same category. The scientific and educational complex is the third largest Oceanarium in the world, where visitors can get acquainted with the abodes of all the oceans and climatic zones of the earth, and especially popular among tourists are performances of "artists" of the Dolphinarium: bottlenose dolphins, Beluga whales, seals.

Finally, the top 3 best amusement parks in the country included a seaside Safari Park, where more than 70 species of animals live on an area of 16 hectares: tigers, far Eastern leopards, big Himalayan bears, deer, wolves, foxes, wild boars, raccoon dogs, badgers, far Eastern forest cats and other animals. The main feature of the Park is that the conditions of keeping animals as close as possible to the wild nature, and visitors watch them without bars, passing the route on specially equipped paths and bridges. The all-Russian fame of the Park in 2015 was brought by the history of friendship between tiger Amur and goat Timur, who lived in the same territory for a long time, slept together, had dinner and even played.

It should be noted that to obtain highly appreciated by experts the project of Primorye helped regional Tourist information centre. Experts assisted in the preparation of applications for participation in the rating and professionally approached the design of presentation materials.

"Our team this year made special efforts to ensure that the rating of the most recognizable and popular tourist brands in Russia necessarily includes projects from Primorye. After all, the more people know about the region, about our unique places of rest and events, the more attractive it becomes for Russian tourists. We definitely have something to boast and something to surprise, I hope that now even more residents of our country will begin to plan a trip to Primorye and will definitely include in their route a visit to those objects that have been awarded", – said the Director of the Department of tourism of Primorsky Krai Konstantin Shestakov.

Recall, the national rating of tourist brands is formed by the results of a large-scale study, which is traditionally conducted By the center of information communications "Rating" and the magazine about domestic and inbound tourism "Rest in Russia". This year, the top three were determined in 22 categories, 63 projects from all over the country passed the preliminary competitive selection. The expert jury assessed the tourist attractiveness of each brand, the number and tone of reviews of tourists on popular travel sites, the profitability of projects, as well as the efforts and costs of owners to promote the brand, the number of references to it in the media.

News source: https://www.primorsky.ru/news/158393/