Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update 2 2 Russian Arctic National Park RussianCruise tourism update 56% -marine area 1.426 million hectares –total area § 85% -marine area 6780 million hectares –total area §

National Park “Russian National Park “Russian Arctic” in founded was National park “Russian “Russian National park Arctic” Arctic“Franz Federal Josef Land” refuge December thegovernmental 2010by prescription

3 3 Russian Arctic National Park RussianCruise tourism update

Arctic 4 4 Russian Arctic National Park RussianCruise tourism update Established for: Established • and educational tourism • • • Purposes: cultural heritage unique and valuable natural and historical- Goal

Education & outreach Support and development ofecological Monitoring & researches Conservation and protection Arctic -conservation & sustainable useof

5 Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update Comparative statistics 2012-2015

6 Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update Statistics season Statistics201 season 20 % 5 49 % 3 % 5 % Age 23 % 70-90 years 50-70 years 30-50 years 18-30 years 1-18 years 7 Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update 1225 passengers 1 cruise – “Bremen” North East Passage Josef Land from Svalbard3 cruises – “Sea Spirit” to Franz Pole 7 cruises – “50 Years of Victory” to the North Statistics2015 season

8 Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update • • • group Park rangers

organizing organizing the route. souvenirs, help the expedition team with workshops and lectures, dealing parkswith but communication thewith passengers, passengers. vessels Not only the bear guards and formal control Good cooperation staffwith members and The 3rd season the guards onboard cruise

- Park fulltime employees

9 Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update Souvenirs

10 Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update 1225 visitors in 2015. Post office (2014) and souvenir shop (2016) National Park summer base from 2011. First Soviet polar station on FJL (1929-1957). Main destinations:

Tihaya Bay

11 Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update Ecotrail monuments.Historic Bird cliff. Vegetation. Remains of many expeditions. Cape Flora (2016-2019) (2016-2019)

12 Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update in progress and visitors are • • • and Apollonov Tikhaya •

Regulations New New guidelines for companies NPRA charter and bylaw. AECO regulations. FJL site guidelines: Bell Island, Rubini Bay, Cape Norway, Island, Champ Island Rock.

13 Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update • • • Tourist infrastructure

guide and guided tours. station for the group of 20 people, audio Germanwith World War II military station. with territory. After the cleaning - Hayes Island Arkhangelsk and open air museum on the polar station in Developing the complex of centervisit in Creating eco routes on Cape Flora and at the Tikhaya Krenkel – projects: 1-day stay in polar polar station, Alexandra land Tikhaya

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14 Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update • (need to be reviewed) • (need to be reviewed) • from Permission National Park

in in test regime be on itself will the Park website. Park for the trip to the territory. Border check-point started to work at Alexandra Land The simple scheme of the process and the document The document about united form of applying to the

15 Russian Arctic National Park Cruise tourism update 2022 – Start of international charter flights. flights fromcivilian Russia. 2020 – Military airport on FJLstart to will take September). in normal regime during summer season (June- 2017 – Border check point on FJLstart working will development tourism Cruise

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