The road rally timed to the APEC summit started in St. Petersburg and will pass through more than 20 Russian cities along the Great Tea Road. Participants in 10 cars made in APEC countries will cover 12 thousand kilometers, and in Irkutsk they will be shown the regions investment tourism projects. The journey will end on Russky Island, where its results will be linked to the APEC tourism agenda.
This was reported by the deputy head of the Irkutsk Region Tourism Agency, Agniya Shangina. The participants of the rally in 10 cars manufactured in APEC countries will visit more than 20 cities in Russia (St. Petersburg, Veliky Novgorod, Tver, Moscow, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Perm, Kungur, Yekaterinburg, Tyumen, Tobolsk, Tara, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Chita, Svobodny, Birobidzhan, Khabarovsk, Ussuriysk, Vladivostok) and will cover a distance of 12,000 km.The car rally, timed to the 24th APEC Summit, started on June 30 in St. Petersburg. Its route follows the path of the Great Tea Road. At one time, Irkutsk was a commodity distribution center for trade, including Chinese tea. From Irkutsk, the Tea Road branched in two directions: to Moscow and through Yakutsk to Alaska.
The participants in the car rally include foreign representatives from each APEC member country, among them Russian politicians, representatives of the business community, athletes, cultural figures, and the media. The participants of the rally will be presented with investment tourism projects of the region in Irkutsk. The rally organizing committee will present them at the meeting of APEC tourism ministers in Khabarovsk. The rally will finish on Russky Island.