Moscow offers Indian tourists high-tech, accessible, and comfortable environment: Moscow City Tourism Committee

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Moscow has long established itself not only as a business hub, but also as a leisure destination and the city offers a high-tech, accessible, and comfortable environment for every tourist, according to Bulat Nurmukhanov, Head of the International Cooperation Division of the Moscow City Tourism Committee.

The increasing interest in Moscow as a tourist destination has lent additional impetus to developing more attractive infrastructure offerings for tourists. As of today, Moscow offers a wide range of services and various events that may be of interest to visitors from India – from purely business activities to cultural events.

“Before the pandemic, tourist traffic from India was growing at 12-15 percent annually. Now we are on the way to recovery — all the necessary conditions have been created for this. Thus, Moscow was visited by 24.5 million tourists in 2023, of which 2.3 million were international tourists. In comparison, in 2019 the figure was 25.1 million tourists, with over 600,000 in the summer alone,” Nurmukhanov told ET.

Over the past year, about 3.6 million people visited the capital for business purposes (both international and domestic tourists). Indians were the third most numerous group among foreign business tourists to Moscow outside the CIS countries, according to Nurmukhanov.

“Moscow's Government takes a human-centered approach to creating infrastructure and services for citizens. The Russian capital offers various services and attractions for all kinds of visitors: families with children,