As the head of Regional Administration for touristic and sanatorium complexes, Mr. Zakharov say, the brand project of “Small Golden Ring of Altai” is a very successful one, because according to preliminary data, more than 500 tourists used this touristic route in a period from June to September 2011. Regarding this successful experience, the governor of Altai Territory has set a new task – to develop new touristic route, which will let tourists see not only the beauty of Altai mountains but also amazing landscapes and objects of West Siberian Plain – one of the largest plains on Earth.

Touristic route “Big Golden Ring of Altai” will be trans-regional and trans-border. A journey along this route will let travelers not only visit unique historical areas of Altai region, but also visit near-border territories of Kuzbas and Kazakhstan. The length of this route is projected to be 1387 km; it will cross the south-east part of West Siberian Plain as well as valleys and heights of northern Altai ridges, 4 cities and 19 districts of Altai krai. A series of excursion programs to Gornaya Kolyvan has already been developed.

The governor has invited the representatives of tourist companies of Altai krai to take part in this project to provide this route with tourists. Business representatives are going to ‘go on the scout’ to learn more about the route, the means of accommodation and public catering facilities and excursion capabilities of the territories across which the “Big Golden Ring” will go. Within this project the roads of this territories will also be rebuild.

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