A Proposal Submitted to
The Irkutsk department of tourism
March 30, 2012
Prepared by
Tatiana Peskova
Snezhana Polozova
Maria Selezneva
TABLE OF CONTENT
TABLE OF CONTENT 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 INTRODUCTION 4 THE PROBLEM 4 THE BACKGROUND 5 PROPOSED SOLUTION 6 RECOMMENDED COURSE OF ACTIONS 7 REFERENCE LIST 9
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This paper entitled “A PROPOSAL ON HOW TO MAKE IRKUTSK CITY MORE ATTRACTIVE AS A TOURISTIC CITY” is made by three students of Baikal International Business School, Tatiana Peskova, Snezhana Polozova and Maria Selezneva. It examines the problem of the poorly developed system of acceptance and supporting Russian and foreign tourists in Irkutsk; presents research and recommended course of actions on how to solve this problem. This proposal is made to the Irkutsk department of tourism to grant permission on working on one of the projects that can help to develop tourism in Irkutsk.
The actuality of this paper is confirmed by the fact that during the last six years the touristic flow has increased in 2.5 times. The government of Irkutsk region has conducted several actions to improve the touristic service, however, that is still cannot be considered to be at international level, and does not provide the complex solution for this issue. In the connection with all written above, we proposed in this paper proposed two alternative solutions: an audio guide and a bicycle tour. The need of such proposal we justified in this paper by the research and analysis conducted.
INTRODUCTION
Irkutsk is the main city of Irkutsk region and East Siberia. The city lies on both banks of the Angara River and just 68 kilometers from Lake Baikal. More and more tourists are coming to Irkutsk each year. Irkutsk attracts travelers from all over the world: Chinese, German, French, Japanese, and so on. (General information about Irkutsk – Irkutsk as touristic