Kazan Smart City’s role in Tatarstan Tourism Development Discussed

The Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) and Tatarstan Export Corporation (TEC) met with Kohl & Partner today to discuss their proposal and recommendations for the strategic development of the tourism industry of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Representatives of Austrian company are in Kazan on a working visit from July 30 to August 6 2013. During the visit specialists of Kohl & Partner visited various travel attractions not only the city of Kazan, but other cities in Tatarstan, including Elabuga, Naberezhnye Chelny, Svijazhsk, and Bolgar. During a week Austrians met with representatives of the Municipality of Kazan, Ministry of Youth, Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as the directors of travel companies operating in the field of inbound and outbound tourism.

As TIDA Chief Executive Linar Yakupov underscored on a meeting with the Austrians, the 2013 Summer Universiade was a large achievement for the republic’s tourism industry. Linar Yakupov also explained that Kazan Smart City will have four main clusters: high technology, medicine, education, and tourism.

 The tourism cluster will include business, medical, and urban tourism. Kazan Smart City enjoys a close proximity to Kazan International Airport and will feature and international exposition center, hotels, and a large shopping mall.

 Kohl & Partner asked questions about Kazan Smart City’s hotel capacity, the exposition center, and other details regarding the project.

 “Thank you for providing us with these details,” noted the experts from Kohl & Partner. “We have received a lot of interesting and useful information relating to this project.”

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Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Press Service