Russian tourists abroad spend an average of one thousand dollars a year.

In 2008, tourists from Russia abroad spent $ 12 billion, Interfax reports with reference to a statement by the Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy Vitaly Mutko. Given that the total for the year from Russia with travel goals left 11.3 million people, it turns out that each of them spent abroad for just over a thousand dollars.
According to Mutko, these funds would remain in Russia if the residents preferred to rest in the country. "But for that we should vigorously develop the domestic tourism, especially in a crisis", - stressed the Minister.
In addition, Mutko drew attention to the need to attract tourists from abroad. According to him, to create a favorable image of the country in 2009 will spend 50 million rubles.
Previously, it was reported that only Moscow in 2008, attended by 4.1 million foreigners, of whom a large amount of tourists from Germany, USA, UK and China.
The most generous tourists in the world are considered to be Germans. According to a German tourist Union for the year they left the country nearly 85 billion dollars.