A Trek Through Russia

With the depreciation of the rouble, Chinese tourists can visit the country's many historic sites on a budget. Yang Feiyue reports.

Traditional art culture, abundant historical and cultural resources and beautiful natural scenery attract tons of tourists to Russia.

According to Rosstat, Russia's national statistics bureau, 267,000 Chinese tourists visited Russia in 2002. That number rose to 869,000 in 2012 and 915,300 in 2013, according to Jiang Yiyi, director of the China Tourism Academy's International Tourism Development Institute. "The number of Chinese tourists to Russia is expected to break 1 million in 2015," says Jiang.