Kazan has entered the TOP cities of the country for the opening of new companies in the field of tourism

Since the beginning of the year, more than 50 companies in the field of tourism have opened in Kazan. This is the sixth indicator in Russia. 

The top five in terms of the number of open travel companies in the ranking of cities are Moscow (+253), the resort city of Sochi (+86 SMEs), followed by Krasnodar (+83), Yekaterinburg (+72) and Ufa (+60). 

In the first half of 2025, more than 5,000 new SMEs in the tourism sector were created in Russia. Thus, the total number of travel companies in the country has reached almost 76.5 thousand, and their revenue by the end of 2024 exceeded 1 trillion rubles.

It should be recalled that 1.7 million tourists visited Tatarstan in six months, which is 34% higher than last year. During the same period, 1 million people accepted hotels, hotels and recreation centers, which is 18.6% higher than in 2024.

The republic's tourist centers are also showing an increase in attendance. In the first half of 2025, a total of 3.5 million people visited them, which is 3% more than in 2024.

The active participation of the republic in the national project "Tourism and Hospitality" contributes to the development of the industry. Over the past decade, the tourist flow to Tatarstan has almost doubled, the volume of services provided in the field of tourism has increased by the same amount, taking into account related industries, and the number of rooms has also increased almost twofold.

According to the SME Corporation, the dynamics of SME growth in Russian tourism is 1.5 times higher than in other industries. About 45% of SMEs in the tourism sector have employees, their number is 234 thousand people. Another 62,000 are self–employed citizens who work as guides and also provide temporary accommodation services.