Tourism

July 22, 2024 19:57

• Authorities' concern on tourists' dress code surprises KBR residents

  Tourists must observe customs and traditions of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and avoid wearing excessively short shorts; women should not wear short skirts and dresses with a deep neckline, the KBR's Ministry of Resorts has stated.

June 26, 2024 21:46

• Militants' attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent scare tourists away

  After militants have committed their attacks in Makhachkala and Derbent, the number of tour bookings to Dagestan has decreased, the Russian Union of Tourist Industry (RUTI) has informed. In their turn, tourist operators suggest that tour sales will gradually normalize.

June 15, 2024 23:10

• Relatives of incapacitated tourist complain to Kuban Prosecutor about his rights violation

  Galina Teryokhina, a Moscow resident, has sent a complaint to the Public Prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) that the court had fined her incapacitated relative for sneaking onto a fenced beach.

June 13, 2024 20:11

• Anapa townspeople complain of harassment after their video appeal to Putin

  Law enforcers are trying to present the actions of Anapa residents as an unsanctioned rally, because they had recorded a video appeal to the Russian President, in which they complained that the administration of a local children's camp had blocked the beach with a fence, depriving people of access thereto. The camp director has explained that the fence was installed for security reasons.

April 16, 2024 17:10

• Tourist’s photo in Kaspiysk inflames moral fighters

  A resident of Kaspiysk took a photograph of a tourist in a bathrobe resting on a balcony of a local hotel, after which moral fighters distributed the picture on social networks. The tourist said she would file a lawsuit, while social media users wrote comments criticizing moral activists for invading the tourist’s privacy.

November 03, 2023 18:04

• Riots in Makhachkala damage tourism image of Dagestan

  There was no mass cancellation of tours to Dagestan amid the unrest in Makhachkala, but some tourists refused to travel to the republic, representatives of travel agencies report. They have pointed out that because of the unrest, Dagestan risks losing its attractiveness for guests from other regions.

August 22, 2023 22:47

• Photo session of two girls in mountains angers residents of Dagestan

  Laurita Karpova, a participant in the reality show "Patsanki” (Tomboys), has posted a photo session, which depicts her engagement to another girl. The photos were taken in the Sulak Canyon of Dagestan. After a wave of indignation in social networks, she declared that there was no relationship with the girl in the pictures.

June 24, 2023 15:09

• Residents of Dagestan argue on appropriateness of making remarks to tourists

  Remarks to tourists who violate the behaviour norms adopted in Dagestan are quite appropriate and necessary, some residents of the republic have stated. Others object believing that remarks to visitors can only be made in most egregious cases; they are commenting on the release in Dagestan of a new memo with conduct rules for tourists.

June 15, 2023 16:13

• Dagestani authorities remind tourists of the need to dress modestly

  The Ministry of Tourism of Dagestan has issued a memo for the guests coming to the republic, advising them to wear "modest" clothes and follow the rules of behaviour in Dagestan.

May 26, 2023 15:11

• Female tourist may really convert to Islam after her topless photo shoot in Dagestan, Islamic experts believe

  According to Islamic experts, the decision to convert to Islam by a female tourist who became an object of hatred and threats after her topless photo shoot in Dagestan may well be sincere and does not threaten the young woman with even greater condemnation from Muslims.

All news