The Eastern Economic Forum is one of the largest business platforms not only in Russia but also in the entire Asia-Pacific region. Attracting businesses from almost all over the country, as well as representatives of the foreign business community, the Forum contributes directly to development of the regions of the Far East, opens up new business prospects and growth points, and reveals the richest economic, natural and cultural potential of the macro-region.
The business agenda of the Forum and its creative spirit are extremely relevant for the Tourism.RF Corporation as a specialized institute for development of the tourism industry within the national “Tourism and the Hospitality industry” project.
Our first pool of projects for implementation included hotels and resort complexes in the Republics of Buryatia and Sakha (Yakutia), Kamchatka and Primorsky Territory, as well as in the Magadan Region, number of rooms totalling 2,000 by 2030. And this is just the beginning. We see the huge potential of the Far Eastern Federal District regions to attract tourists.
In addition to support from the state, provided by the Tourism.RF Corporation, the Far East also offers exceptional benefits for investors, especially considering the opportunities provided in the priority development territories.
I invite you to visit our pavilion, where you will see that the Tourism.RF Corporation is a platform of innovative solutions for quick and effective launch of tourism projects that are interesting for the traveller and profitable for business.
See you soon at the Forum!
Sergey Sukhanov
Tourism.RF
The Tourism.RF Corporation is an institute for developing the tourism industry, the mission of the Corporation being to create a modern and affordable tourist infrastructure.
For the first time, the Tourism.RF Corporation pavilion, with an area of 300 sq.m., will be presented on the ‘Far East Street’. It has been built using construction technologies from prefabricated structures and is part of a typical 3* hotel complex in the form of a single-storey building with a lobby, hall, hotel rooms and offices, as well as a terrace with a sea view.
The inner space of the pavilion with a high two-light part houses places for presenting the Tourism.RF Corporation opportunities and projects. It is also equipped with meeting rooms and two of “de luxe” and “standard” hotel rooms serving as a prototype for the Corporation’s projects.
The Corporation cooperates with leading Russian producers of prefabricated structures that, in comparison with traditional technologies, shorten construction times several times over without loss of quality.
The first implementation pool includes projects with about 20,000 rooms in 27 regions. Next comes the following pool of projects with almost 9,000 rooms. The Corporation implements both separate hotels and comprehensive tourism projects.
Special attention will be focused on master-planning – one of the tools for integrated development of large tourist areas in the Corporation’s assets.
So far, the Corporation has developed three master plans for development of tourist areas:
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Park “Tri Vulkana” (Three Volcanoes Park) is being created on the “Kamchatka” priority development area to unite the key attractions of the peninsula and provide a wide range of recreation opportunities: balneological, ski, cruise and ecotourism.
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All-union mountain resort “Lagonaki” (Republic of Adygea) will be focused on active family holidays. In the winter season, the resort will appeal to fans of downhill skiing on gentle wide slopes.
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Year-round mountain and balneological resort “Dolina Vasta”(Vasta Valley) (Krasnodar Region) will be a continuation of the development of the popular Roza Khutor resort in the Sochi mountain cluster.
In 2022–2023, master plans for tourist areas will be developed:
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Valla-Tunturi (Murmansk Region)
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Abrau-Durso (Krasnodar Territory)
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Konduki (Tula Region)
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Olkhon (Irkutsk Region)
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Irkutsk-Taltsy (Irkutsk Region)
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Baikalsk-Vydrino (Irkutsk Region and Republic of Buryatia)
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Tunkinskaya Dolina (Tunkinsk Valley) – (Irkutsk Region and Republic of Buryatia)
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Gorny Vozdukh (Mountain Air) – (Sakhalin Region)
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Laguna Busse (Busse lagoon) – (Sakhalin Region)
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Iturup (Sakhalin Region)
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Belokurikha Gornaya (Altai Territory)
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Laishevo (Republic of Tatarstan)
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Gorskaya (St. Petersburg)
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Sheregesh (Kemerov Region)
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Yaroslavskaya Riviera (Yaroslavl Region)
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Zhemchuzhina Altaya (Pearl of Altai)
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Novaya Anapa (New Anapa) – (Krasnodar Territory)
The Corporation invests in individual projects since implementation of the first 53 projects will increase the number of rooms available by more than 21 thousand and the number of trips will increase by more than 10 million.
We invite Forum guests to visit the Tourism.RF Corporation pavilion in order to take part in an extensive business and interesting interactive programmes focused on relevant topics of the development of Russian tourism.
Dear participants and guests of the 5th Eastern Economic Forum!
This year, as we celebrate the Forum’s 5th anniversary we have an opportunity to look back on everything that has been achieved since 2015. It was the first time when Vladivostok hosted the trendsetters from Russian and international business communities, government officials, foreign dignitaries, researchers, and experts – in other words, everyone who was prepared to cooperate with Russia and work in the Russian Far East; everyone, who was ready to launch new production facilities and develop those already in place; everyone, who aimed to create new jobs, construct roads, housing, and hospitals – namely improve the life of our Eastern territories.
The goals we set 5 years ago appeared unattainable back then. We discussed a broad range of topics: expectations and development prospects, creating new economic regimes and improving the investment climate, passing legislative initiatives and changing legal framework, putting new social infrastructure in place and helping regions reach their potential – in other words, we were talking about the future. Some were hopeful, some remained skeptical, yet there was only one thing that mattered: we were ready to act as one. And today, that future has become our present.
The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin designated the development of the Far East as a national priority of the entire 21st century. At the behest of the President, a whole new economy is being created in the region. Large companies as well as small and medium-sized businesses can count on tax breaks, administrative preferences, concessional loans, and support from the state development institutions.
A lot has been accomplished during the last 5 years: over 40 legislative initiatives that sustain investment activity and improve the social sphere have been passed; 20 advanced special economic zones and 5 free ports have been put in place. These measures resulted in over 1,780 new investment projects worth over RUB 3.8 trillion, and 230 new enterprises appeared. The government provides targeted infrastructural and financial support to the investors. Over 70 thousand people received free land and now are building houses and farms on their ‘Far Eastern hectares’.
17 different countries invest in the Far East: China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, to name a few. Since 2014, nearly 32% of all direct foreign investment came to our region.
The Far East itself has expanded: Zabaikalsky Krai and the Republic of Buryatia joined the Far Eastern Federal District, while the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East now oversees an additional region: the Russian Arctic Zone.
When it comes to the social sphere, the ‘Unified Subsidy’ mechanism has provided existing measures with additional stimulus. 57 centres of economic growth have received funding for the construction of schools and nurseries, hospitals as well as medical and obstetric stations, cultural centres and sports facilities. These centres are home to over 80% of Far Easterners.
A fair amount of good work has been done. Economic growth in the FEFD exceeds 4%, which is two times greater than the Russian national average. However, we are now faced with another objective: increasing economic growth in the Russian Far East to 6% per year. We also must figure out how to improve the quality of life in the Russian Far East and in the Arctic so that it exceeds the Russian national average. These objectives have been set by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
Our goal is to make the Russian Far East more accessible to investors and comfortable for the people that live here, providing them with the confidence that their dreams will become a reality in the nearest future.
Many topics that were brought up at previous Forums ended up serving as the foundation for the development and passing of legislation, the implementation of new business support measures, and the improvement of the Far East’s social welfare. I am confident that this Forum will continue contributing to the open dialogue between businesses and authorities, experts and researchers, sociologists and demographers.
I would like to wish Forum guests and participants all the best. The Russian Far East is open for cooperation: we value each partner, every opinion and every initiative that helps develop our country!
Yury Trutnev