Russia is hoping to attract 10 million tourists to Crimea in 2019, only five years after annexing the peninsula from Ukraine.
Since taking control of Crimea in 2014, the Russian government has sought to promote it as a tourist destination, billing it as an ideal getaway for the whole family on Russian television and sending numerous high profile officials for photo opportunities at Crimean landmarks.
One of Moscow’s most ostentatious projects is a multimillion dollar bridge across the Kerch Strait to connect Russia and Crimea by land and make the peninsula an easier-to-reach tourist destination.
According to the head of the regional …read more
Source: Newsweek
