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Moscow to focus on building budget hotels
MOSCOW – The Russian capital will use next month’s World Travel Market in London to push its claim to be one of the world’s most accessible cities.
In the first half of 2007 the number of foreign tourists visiting Moscow increased by 15 percent over the same period last year.
In 2006 more than 3.7 million foreign tourists visited Moscow – 11 percent above the figures for 2005.
“These numbers prove that any claim that Moscow is not accessible for the middle class foreign travellers is just a stereotype,” said Grigory Antyufeyev, chairman, Moscow City Committee for Tourism.
“Just like other European capitals, Moscow offers quite diverse opportunities for accommodation, rest and recreation to its visitors – from luxurious to the most penny-pinching.”
Antyufeyev said one objective was to build new and modernise existing 2- and 3-star hotels “in order to assure all those who wish to visit the capital of getting accommodation most suitable for them”.
The Moscow City government has set a target of doubling the number of hotel beds to 170,00 – 200,000 by 2010.
“The interest of foreign travellers to Moscow shows that its image abroad is changing for the better. The Russian capital is a modern European city, hospitable and safe,” said Antyufeyev.
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