KAZAN, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — The number of foreign tourists visiting Russia in January-June exceeded one million people, growing 17 percent year-on-year, Zhanna Yakovleva from the United Nations World Tourism Organization told a forum on Thursday.
She also said Russia’s revenues from foreign tourism grew by 20 percent during the same period of time. Expenses of Russian tourists abroad grew 22 percent in the first six months of this year as compared with 2012, Yakovleva added.