Tourism

January 07, 2023 23:08

• Tourists outraged by the new restrictions at "Rosa Khutor" resort in Sochi

  The sale of tickets to the ice rink has been suspended due to the large number of visitors, the administration of the "Rosa Khutor" resort has announced amid the limited sales of ski passes.

October 17, 2022 20:07

• Tourist publicly apologizes for words about the Chechens

  The derogatory words about Chechens were a manifestation of an erroneous opinion, a tourist who had visited Chechnya said in a video, asking to forgive him for his remarks. The man was forced to apologize, commentators have suggested.

September 20, 2022 11:05

• Long beards of Chechen males anger Kadyrov

  Some Chechen men wear too long beards without being fully immersed in religion, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, urging "the beefy guys in tight T-shirts and with long beards" to shave them down to the norm.

September 16, 2022 13:20

• Payment for visiting fountain in Derbent upsets tourists and locals

  The introduction of a fee for visiting a light and music show at a new fountain in Derbent is quite justified, but the Mayoralty has raised prices too much, tourists say. The show is visited by whole families; and it turns out very expensive, residents of Dagestan believe.

September 05, 2022 23:11

• Dagestani leader proposes to create a tourist police

  After a series of conflicts involving local residents and guests of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov, the leader of the republic, has announced that a tourist police should be created in resort towns of Dagestan.

September 04, 2022 12:45

• Melikov urges residents of Dagestan to be more tolerant to tourists

  Harsh remarks and rudeness exhibited by Muslims towards tourists are setting them against Islam, Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, has stated, calling on residents of the republic to be more tolerant and gently instruct those who violate the local norms of behaviour.

September 02, 2022 19:32

• Organizers refuse to hold festival of shorts in Makhachkala after public outcry

  It was decided not to hold a festival of shorts, announced in a Makhachkala café. This was reported by organizers of the festival, who explained the decision by a noticeable public outcry. The scandalous event could lead to conflicts, noted the press secretary for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan.

September 01, 2022 08:31

• After condemnation in social networks, organizers changed format of shorts festival in Makhachkala

  The announcement of the shorts festival in a Makhachkala institution has caused a flood of criticism in social networks against the organizers, after which they announced a change in the format of the event, calling it a "festival of long shorts".

August 29, 2022 12:21

• Video with public condemnation of tourists in Dagestan angers Internet users

  The author of the video with remarks to tourists visiting Dagestan about their appearance behaved aggressively and was sparking the conflict despite the tourists' apologies, Telegram users have noted in the comments to the video.

August 28, 2022 12:02

• Social network users dispute on the right to shame tourists in Chechnya

  The remarks of passers-by to tourists about their appearance in Chechnya are quite appropriate, users of the Chechen public wrote after a video of men walking down the street in shorts. Hotels and the Ministry of Tourism should control tourists' behaviour, others have objected.

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