Chernyshenko said that the contribution of tourism to Russia’s GDP exceeded 3%

The share of tourism in Russia’s GDP by the end of 2025 amounted to more than 3%. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko in congratulating Russians on World Tourism Day.

“Today, tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy. Its contribution to GDP last year exceeded 3%. This shows the effectiveness of measures of the national project “Tourism and Hospitality” as a driver of the development of domestic tourism, – stated in the message.

According to the government, within the framework of the Five Seas and Lake Baikal project, 12 year-round sea resorts are being built in 10 regions of Russia. After the completion of the projects, the number of rooms will increase by 77 thousand units, more than 88,000 new jobs will appear, and the number of tourists can grow by about 10 million per year.

One of the tools to support domestic tourism Chernyshenko called the program of preferential lending. It implements 340 investment projects with a total value of 1.6 trillion rubles. More than 50 facilities in 27 regions have already been commissioned, including hotels, water parks and ski complexes.

In the first half of 2026, the number of trips within the country increased by 56% in annual terms, follows from the data of the service booking package tours Onlinetours. For the first time in two years, Russia entered the top 3 destinations in terms of the number of tours: its share in the total booking volume increased from 9 to 10%.

The leaders in the number of reservations inside Russia were the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory. Also in the top 10 included the Admiralty and Central districts of St. Petersburg, Loo, Essentuki, Esto-Sadok and Kaliningrad.