Event Passport Krasnodar Region
Olympic Tourism
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Olympics and Paralympics of 2014 in Sochi that became one of the most largescale
sports projects in Russia undoubtedly turned the city into an all-year-round world-class
resort. The resort became more comfortable for residents, attractive for tourists and
investors from Russia and abroad.
T
he infrastructure was updat-
ed significantly in anticipa-
tion of the Games in Sochi.
Almost 400 kilometres of roads,
22 tunnels, 200 kilometres of rail-
road tracks, 54 bridges for trains
and suburban trains were put into
operation. Hundreds of kilome-
tres of utility networks and elec-
tric lines were constructed along
with hospitals, nursery schools
and schools. The enormous sports
base was created. New hotels were
built which allowed arranging addi-
tional workplaces at enterprises of
the resort, recreational and tour-
ism complex. In the Imereti Low-
lands only, the hotel room stock is
more than 13,000 new rooms to
exceed the figure of 20,000 in to-
tal. It's where the longest embank-
ment of the resort (6 kilometres)
is located next to the Olympic
Park which is available for every-
one interested.
Owing to the infrastructure con-
structed in Sochi for the Olym-
pics and the Paralympics, Olympic
tourism is developing rapidly in
the Krasnodar Region. The Olym-
pic Park in Sochi is the heart of
the city. The principal magnet of
Krasnodar Region
tourists and excursion groups is
the Bowl of Olympic Flame foun-
tain. Unique equipment designed
for spectacular water perfor-
mances, part of which has never
been used before in the world,
and random programming of the
fountain allow creating unforget-
table shows to be a gem of the
Olympic Park. The motto of the
park is 'Sport, active and com-
fortable rest'.
Every visitor of this landmark
place can drive their own car
along the Sochi Autodrom, one
of the best race tracks in the
world, or take a race taxi. Unex-
pressible emotions and a dosage
of adrenalin are guaranteed in
the Extreme Park. Go to the en-
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tertaining excursion in an e-car
or a velomobile. Have a look at
the unique collection of Russian
cars in the Sochi Auto Muse-
um. And it's hardly the total list
of entertainments. The Olympic
Park is a key tourist facility of the
coastal cluster of Sochi urban re-
sort which is regularly updated
and improved. Over the last three
years, only the attendance of this
landmark place has amounted to
about 6 million people.
Olympic facilities are used effi-
ciently to hold events of inter-
national, Russian and regional
scales. Sochi has become a venue
for organization of professional,
entertaining and sports events,
such as the Sportaccord Interna-
tional Sports Forum, the Chess
Championship, the FIFA Con-
federations Cup 2017, the World
Choir Games, the New Wave
Musical Festival and many oth-
ers. Besides, Russian and foreign
fans and tourists are attracted
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by Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix
that takes place on the highway
of the Sochi Autodrom. The an-
nual attendance of the event is
more than 150,000 spectators.
Due to the well-developed infra-
structure of the resort, smooth
work of Krasnodar Region gov-
ernment agencies of all levels,
owners of the tourism industry
facilities, all the conditions for
comfortable recreation of tour-
ists have been created in Sochi.
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