Saint-Petersburg Will Host the 23rd Session of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly in 2019

The decision was made today on the 15th of September by participants of the current UNWTO General Assembly in Chengdu (China).

“This victory means the recognition by the world leaders of the tourism industry of St. Petersburg as a center of not only cultural, but also business tourism. The city authorities have done a serious job in order to attract this event to St. Petersburg, and I am sure that this is a well-deserved victory”, - Andrey Mushkarev, the head of Saint-Petersburg Committee for Tourism Development.

Saint-Petersburg is a key tourism destination in Russia with more than 7 millions of tourists per year, almost half of them are foreigners. The city actively develops cultural and MICE tourism as well as congress tourism.

Last year Saint-Petersburg has won the tourism’s “Oscar” in two nominations:

•        «World’s Leading Cultural City Destination 2016»

•        «Europe’s Leading Destination 2016».

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