Prospects for the development of tourism in the Mari El Republic by type and territory. Sports tourism Orienteering in Mari El
In accordance with social reforms currently being carried out in Russian Federation, monetization occurs social benefits population, based on the introduction of the concept of a single social package. Along with preferential medical, transport and other services, into a single social package as a measure of social support established by federal legislation from January 1, 2005. Spa treatment services included. About 32 million Russian citizens may be included in the number of users of the unified social package, incl. disabled people and participants of the Great Patriotic War, former minor prisoners of fascism, combat veterans, a number of categories of military personnel who underwent military service in the period from June 22, 1941 to September 3, 1945, for at least six months, disabled people of the 1st-III group, disabled children, etc., which will be an integral part of their material life support. Information on the amount of monthly cash payments provided for by federal legislation from January 1, 2005. //South-Eastern Courier. - 2005. - No. 3. - P.1-3
According to some estimates, 60% of the adult population and 40% of children need sanatorium-resort treatment. It is especially important for patients in need of a rehabilitation period.
State financing of the sanatorium-resort complex is carried out through the federal budget and the social insurance fund (SIF). However, in absolute terms, an increase in budget allocations in the period 2008-2010 is obvious. Almost everything federal authorities authorities that have boarding houses and holiday homes on their balance sheet will be financed with an annual increase of 7-12%.
Many ministries and departments pay great attention to the problem of improving the health of their employees and members of their families. Thus, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has developed a departmental program for the construction and modernization of sanatorium and resort institutions for 2006-2008. Within social policy discounted vouchers are provided: employees pay 25% of the cost, members of their families - 50%. As a result, the year-round occupancy rate of sanatoriums and recreation centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is 95%.
Through the FSS (Social Insurance Fund), financing of the sanatorium-resort sector is carried out in three areas: improving the health of children, paying for vouchers for sanatorium-resort treatment of workers and providing state social assistance to certain categories of citizens for sanatorium-resort treatment, including travel to and from the place of treatment .
It is quite obvious that it is impossible to solve all socio-demographic problems only with the help of the sanatorium-resort and tourism sector. However, thoughtful public policy financing this area is one of the elements of the implementation of the priority national project “Health”. Edronova V.N. State financial support for tourism / V.N. Edronova, A.O. Ovcharov // Finance and credit. - 2008. - No. 41. - pp. 37-38
In the era of globalization, the improvement of the nation is one of the important tasks modern society. One of the promising areas of the tourism industry is medical and health-improving, a feature of which is A complex approach to a person, providing the possibility of treating various types of diseases, including in a sanatorium.
From the point of view of sanatorium and resort activities, RME has enormous potential. It is endowed with the necessary natural resources, on the basis of which sanatorium and resort areas with necessary conditions treatment and recreation in sanatoriums, children's health camps and other medical institutions (rest homes, tourist centers). The most popular sanatoriums are Sosnovy Bor and Lesnaya Skazka. Sanatorium "Klenovaya Gora" is located on the territory of the state national park"Mari Chodra". The general complex of sanatorium-resort treatment of this health resort includes not only traditional methods treatments such as physiotherapy, inhalation, “sea” baths and others, but also non-traditional ones - manual therapy, kumis treatment, herbal medicine.
In a post-industrial society, the quality of life of the Russian population, one of the components of which is health, is low. An example of this is the increase in the number of people visiting medical institutions for diseases of the circulatory system; there are also many pregnant women who are at risk, and Lately about 550 expectant mothers passed free course rehabilitation in local health resorts.
Thus, the potential of the Mari El Republic for the development of sanatorium and resort activities is quite large. The republic has everything necessary natural conditions- rich in environmentally friendly water resources, huge territories forest lands. Alexandrova V.V. Potential for the development of sanatorium and resort activities in the RME / V.V. Aleksandrova, N.M. Okhotina // Tenth Vavilov Readings. - 2006. - part 2. - P.255
Sanatorium-resort treatment in sanatorium institutions of the RME is provided to the following categories of citizens:
persons who worked in the rear during the period from June 22, 1941 to May 9, 1945 for at least 6 months, excluding the period of work in the temporarily occupied territories of the USSR, or awarded with orders or USSR medals for selfless labor during the Second World War; labor veterans; persons who have been subjected to political repression in the form of imprisonment, exile, deportation, sending to special settlements, forced labor under conditions of restriction of freedom and subsequently rehabilitated; persons recognized as victims of political repression; mothers of many children who gave birth and raised 5 or more children.
Vouchers are provided no more than once within 3 years subject to medical conditions. Shift duration is 21 days. Collection of legislation RME No. 12 (156) part 3. - December 26. 2006. - pp. 73-74
In accordance with Article 6.2 of the Federal Law of July 7, 1999 N 178-FZ “On State Social Assistance” (Collection of Legislation of the Russian Federation, 1999, N 29, Art. 3699; 2004, N 35, Art. 3607; 2006, N 48, Art. 4945) and based on the results of a competition held by the Social Insurance Fund of the Russian Federation for the provision of services for sanatorium and resort treatment of citizens receiving a set of social services, a list of sanatorium and resort institutions was approved to which vouchers for sanatorium and resort treatment of citizens with the right to receive state social assistance, according to the application.
241) State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Mari El "Medical and recreational complex "Forest Fairy Tale" Mari El Republic
424006, Republic of Mari El, Yoshkar-Ola, st. Panfilova, 33
242) State Institution of the Republic of Mari El "Sanatorium "Kichier"
Mari El Republic
425000, Republic of Mari El, Volzhsky district, p. Kichier
243) Institution sanatorium "Maple Mountain"
Mari El Republic
425025, Republic of Mari El, Volzhsky district, pos. Maple Mountain
244) Sanatorium-preventorium "Kamennaya Rechka" branch of the municipal unitary enterprise "Yoshkar-Olinskaya Thermal Power Plant No. 1"
Mari El Republic
424003, Republic of Mari El, Yoshkar-Ola, st. Lobachevskogo, 12 (425200, Republic of Mari El, Medvedevsky district, Kuyar village, Central, 1a)
245) State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Mari El "Sanatorium "Sosnovy Bor"
Mari El Republic
424000, Republic of Mari El, Yoshkar-Ola, village. Pinery
246) State Institution of the Republic of Mari El "Rehabilitation center for children and adolescents with disabilities health "Crane"
Mari El Republic
424915, Republic of Mari El, p/o Kokshaysk, Tair village
247) Sanatorium-preventorium "Berezka" division of LLC "Comfort"
Mari El Republic
425308, Republic of Mari El, Gornomariysky district, Mumarikha village
Information was published on the website of the government of the republic that the president plans to build another sports and fitness complex in the capital using local mineral water. This will be a huge sports and fitness complex. They plan to build it behind Krasnoarmeyskaya Sloboda, in the Sportivny microdistrict. In addition to the fact that the volume of the four bowls will be 100-50 sq.m., there will be a lot of other health improvement facilities, saunas, cafes and others. The water is local mineral water from a well 700 m deep, valuable for its properties.
The project is still at the beginning of development; a lot needs to be provided for in order for this complex to become a real recreation center for all residents of the republic, and possibly other regions. The idea is great, because not all of our fellow countrymen can afford to go to seaside resorts every year. And the new recreation center will combine the features of a balneological hospital and a water park. Its commissioning is announced for 2009-2010. Afanasyeva I. Resort at home/I.Afanasyeva//Arguments and facts in Mari El. - 2008. - No. 4. - S.1
The problem of protecting people's health these days is no longer the same as it was in past years. Not a shift infectious diseases the diseases of “civilization” have arrived - heart disease, cancer, mental disorders, the cause of which lies in society itself.
One of the ways to solve this problem at present is the spread of sports and fitness complexes, including a wide range of services.
The construction of sports facilities is actively underway in the RME: the ice palace, the “Sports Complex” on the river. Kokshaga, restoration of the Druzhba stadium. Krotova E.A. Evaluation of innovative services of sports and recreation organizations RME/E.A. Krotova, N.I. Moskvina, N.K. Shvetsova // Tenth Vavilov Readings. - 2006. - part 2. - P.265
These sports facilities, built on the initiative of the government of the republic headed by President L. Markelov, are today the main center of physical culture life in Yoshkar-Ola. In 2007, attendance at the Mari El ice palace alone amounted to 200 thousand people. And during the time that has passed since the opening of the water sports palace, the number of people wishing to try its pool, including regular exercisers, has exceeded 170 thousand. At the same time, this complex, which has already received the name of a kind of “Sports Island” of Yoshkar-Ola, is also a place holding sports competitions.
Arenas that meet modern requirements include the Ice Palaces and the Aquatic Sports Palace. Very soon they will be joined by a second swimming pool, and in the future - another health and fitness complex and a stadium. All of them are located on the banks of the Malaya Kokshaga River. Moreover, according to the minister physical culture, Sports and Tourism RME V. Chumakov, in this area there is prospect for the construction of a hotel and a water stadium. This complex is compact and convenient for residents. You can come here with your whole family and enjoy different types sports There is good parking here, in the Palaces there are cafes, modern locker rooms, and gyms. The buildings meet high requirements. Antonov A. The sports complex is promising / A. Antonov // Mariyskaya Pravda. - 2008. - May 6. - P. 5
Historically, social tourism in the Russian Federation was implemented through a sanatorium and resort complex and was inextricably linked with the recreational activities of people. The Republic of Mari El has enormous potential for the development of the sanatorium and resort sector due to its nature and climatic conditions. The most popular sanatoriums are Sosnovy Bor, Lesnaya Skazka, and Klenovaya Gora. It is in these sanatoriums that all categories of citizens who need it for medical reasons undergo treatment and rehabilitation. In addition, the government of our republic plans to build a sports and recreation complex in Yoshkar-Ola using local mineral water.
Currently, much attention is paid to sports facilities in our republic; new buildings are being constructed and old ones are being reconstructed. All this makes the sports and fitness complex accessible to many categories of citizens. Thanks to this, children and youth, sports and family tourism have become popular in the RME.
To determine the direction of efforts to develop internal
and incoming tourism in the Republic of Mari El, it is necessary to consider the recreational opportunities of the republic and the problems impeding the development of tourism.
The Republic of Mari El is located in the European part of Russia, in the east of the East European Plain, in the middle part of the basin
R. Volga. This is one of the small Russian regions: the greatest length of the territory from west to east is 287 km,
from north to south - 150 km, the area of the territory is 23,400 km 2. The population is about 700 thousand people.
The republic borders on the north, northeast and east
with the Kirov region, from the southeast and south - with the Republic of Tatarstan
and the Chuvash Republic, in the west and north-west - with the Nizhny Novgorod region.
The longest and most abundant river in Europe, the Volga, flows through our republic for 155 km. On its banks are the Gornomariysky district with its center in the city of Kozmodemyansk, the Yurinsky district, and part of the territories of the Volzhsky and Zvenigovsky districts. Second
The largest river in the Republic of Mari El is the Vetluga. Both rivers are navigable.
The hydrographic network of the republic consists of 476 large
and small rivers (including the Volga and Vetluga rivers), about 700 lakes with a total area of 2,752 hectares, which are the pride of the region. In the valleys of the Ilet rivers
and Yushut there are a large number of mineral springs used for medicinal purposes in sanatoriums and rest homes
and hospitals.
Failure-type lakes are located mainly in the southern,
southwestern slopes of Vyatsky Uval. In the lower reaches of the river. Ilet located large lakes: Yalchik, Gluhoye, Bottomless and Kichier.
On the edge of the northern ledge of the Sotnur Upland there are 11 lakes in a chain, including Morskoy Glaz (Volzhsky district),
at the foot of the Kerebelyak Upland there are 6 lakes.
The territory of the Republic of Mari El is densely covered with forests. The total forest area in the republic is 1,415.5 thousand hectares. Part of the forest area is located on the territory of the Mari Chodra National Park (36.9 thousand hectares) - a specially protected natural area of federal significance. By the richness of flora national park“Mari Chodra” is the most unique corner of the republic. Representatives of the Siberian and European taiga and forest-steppe meet here. The second specially protected natural area of federal significance, located on the territory of the Republic of Mari El, is the Bolshaya Kokshaga Nature Reserve.
In addition to specially protected natural areas of federal significance, there are 9 reserves on the territory of the republic that are classified as specially protected natural areas of republican significance, and 47 natural monuments.
The Republic of Mari El, according to the Independent Environmental Rating Agency (NERA), ranks third in the ranking of Russian regions in terms of the preservation of natural ecosystems, behind the Kostroma and Kirov regions. At the same time, the Republic of Mari El in this rating is in first place in terms of changes in the potential for ecosystem sustainability according to data for 2007 - 2008.
The main religions on the territory of the Republic of Mari El are Orthodoxy and Islam, as well as paganism. According to the results sociological research, conducted by the sociology department of MarNIYALI in 2004, 51.1 percent of respondents adhere to Orthodoxy, 15.4 percent - the Mari traditional religion, 6.5 percent - Islam, 0.5 percent - another religion, 5 percent believe in “their God”, 21.5 percent are non-believers.
The Republic of Mari El is on this moment the largest center for the spread of paganism in Europe and the only large center in terms of the number of believers. According to tradition, pagan prayers are held in sacred groves, which symbolizes the harmony between man and natural forces. Sacred Mari groves, or “prayer sites”, are located in the most picturesque places, traditionally in birch and aspen forests, they are separate tracts and are concentrated mainly in the elevated part of the Vyatsky Uval. This is not only a place of religious rites, but also ethnographic, cultural and historical heritage Mari people
Based on available natural resources, and also due to its geographical location and development, the Republic of Mari El is one of the most prosperous in environmentally territories of the European part of Russia with well-preserved nature and traditional culture of the local population. Thanks to this, the republic has great prospects for the development of ethnographic, rural, environmental, health resort and recreational tourism.
Cruise tourism on the river is also a promising type. Volga, business and sports tourism in Yoshkar-Ola, which is associated with the appearance in the city of last years modern high-class sports infrastructure.
The development of ethnographic tourism is possible in most of the territory of the republic. This is favored by the mixed living of Mari, Russians, Tatars and other peoples. It is promising to organize tours that allow you to compare the life, culture, traditional architecture and customs of these peoples. By agreement
with local religious communities it is possible to attend pagan Mari religious ceremonies held in sacred groves in the northeast of the republic. Of interest are the preserved
in a number of places, the traditional occupations of the population are wicker weaving, production of bast and products made from it, weaving, national embroidery and others.
Currently, the ethnography of the Mari people is represented by
mainly museums - State Institution "National Museum of the Republic
Mari El named after. T. Evseeva" in Yoshkar-Ola, ethnographic museum
in the open air in Kozmodemyansk and others.
This Program provides for the implementation of a number of projects that provide an opportunity to get acquainted with the culture of the Mari people more fully through “immersion” in life and interactive programs.
Rural tourism in its modern sense is a complex product that includes various areas of tourism with accommodation along routes in modern complexes and guest houses in rural areas. This type of tourism has great prospects for development in 2011 - 2016 in the Republic of Mari El, since in the first initial stage requires relatively low costs, has a shorter payback period compared to other types of tourism, while using the potential of the region and has significant social significance. The development of rural tourism can partially solve the problem of employment in rural areas and stimulate the development of tourism-related industries - such as the production of souvenirs, picking berries and mushrooms for subsequent sale to tourists, and solving the issue of marketing part of agricultural products. Rural tourism can be one of the internal sources of investment for the development of agricultural production.
This Program sets the task of creating a rural tourism cluster that combines agro-, recreational, active, and ethnographic tourism. All objects comply with the principles of multifunctionality and are aimed at year-round use.
Prerequisites for the development of rural tourism in the Republic
Mari El Republic:
location in the center of Russia and transport accessibility- railway and air connections with Moscow, availability of minibuses, buses and trains Kazan - Yoshkar-Ola (average travel time - 2 hours), availability of minibuses, bus routes Cheboksary - Yoshkar-Ola, Nizhny Novgorod- Yoshkar-Ola, Kirov - Yoshkar-Ola;
the remoteness of some objects of interest for tourism from urban centers, which makes it difficult to visit them when living in the city and makes it more convenient and economical to stay in tourist complexes in rural areas located along tourist routes compiled taking into account the attractions of the region;
novelty of the offer and the possibility of combining different types of recreation.
The most promising areas for inclusion in the route network at the initial stage of development of rural tourism are Kuzhenersky, Morkinsky, Paranginsky, Kilemarsky,
Mari-Tureksky, Gornomariysky, Novotoryalsky and Sernursky.
Ecological tourism is one of the promising types of tourism on the territory of the Republic of Mari El. Increasing popularity ecological tourism and the measures taken by the Government of the Russian Federation to stimulate the development of this type of tourism allow us to hope for the use of the ecological potential of the republic to attract environmentally oriented tourists from the regions of Russia and foreign countries.
Attractive for the development of ecological tourism in the republic are the Vyatsky Uval hills in the territories of the Kuzhenersky, Morkinsky and Volzhsky districts with natural monuments located within its boundaries: “Mountain Zadelye” with preserved ancient mine workings, “Kamennaya Gora” with low-mountain landscapes, “Karman-Kuryk” and adjacent territories, the Mari Chodra National Park, the Bolshaya Kokshaga Nature Reserve. The Shurginskaya and Chukshinskaya uplands are of interest
with picturesque surroundings, numerous groups of karst lakes, the Ilet and Irovka rivers. The right bank part - Gornomariysky district and the city of Kozmodemyansk - is rich in archaeological, historical and cultural monuments.
Health tourism is a socially significant and traditionally popular type of tourism for the Russian Federation. The Volga region is recognized as one of the promising regions for the development of this type of tourism.
The Republic of Mari El has long-standing traditions
spa treatment. For the construction of sanatoriums, the most picturesque places were chosen, mainly in close proximity to water bodies. The advantage is that many sanatoriums have natural mud and mineral waters. Currently, the material base of the republic’s sanatoriums is sufficiently worn out, and modern requirements tourists are dictated by the need to develop a range of additional entertainment, cultural and educational services in sanatorium and resort institutions. This Program proposes, as primary measures for the development of health tourism, support for the existing sanatorium and resort base of the republic and the development of existing
in the republic of recreational areas. Promising districts are Volzhsky, Zvenigovsky, Medvedevsky and a number of other districts. The least expensive and promising path at the initial
stage - creation of conditions for the development of related infrastructure in the locations of sanatorium and resort institutions
and other types of tourism: opening tour bureaus, cafes
and restaurants, sports equipment rental points for active rest, development of the route network and ecological trails. It is necessary for the state to participate in updating the material base of the most popular and promising sanatorium and resort institutions in the republic.
Recreational (beach) tourism is a traditionally popular type of recreation in the summer. The most attractive areas for the development of this type of tourism are Zvenigovsky district
with a tourist and recreational area in the village. Kokshaysk, lakes of the Mari lowland - Shap, Tair, Karas and others, part of the territory of the Mari Chodra National Park with developed infrastructure,
especially the area of lakes Yalchik, Glukhoe, also Volzhsky, Yurinsky, Gornomariysky, Kilemarsky and a number of other areas. A limiting factor for the development of this type of tourism is the short beach season and the associated uneven seasonal occupancy of accommodation facilities specializing in recreational tourism. This problem can be partially solved by expanding the range of services and using accommodation facilities in the autumn-winter period for active, business
and other types of tourism.
Cruise tourism is promising in the Republic of Mari El. The river flows through the territory of 4 regions of the republic. Volga, however, only the city of Kozmodemyansk is currently involved in cruise programs, the flow of tourists to which has decreased in recent years due to numerous fires and loss historical monuments in the historical part of the city. Promising areas of the village remain not covered by cruise tourism. Yurino
with the unique Sheremetev castle, Zvenigovo with the museum of the history of the shipping company, celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2011, Volzhsk, village. Kokshaysk, Zvenigovsky district, which is the closest locality on the river Volga to the capital of the Republic of Mari El - Yoshkar-Ola and a developed recreational area of the republic. The development of cruise tourism and the involvement of new territories in cruise programs requires large financial investments for dredging, installation of landing stages and piers, as well as the participation of administrations municipalities and entrepreneurs in creating tourism infrastructure and preparing excursion programs in promising areas. If these problems are solved, cruise tourism is the most a promising option inclusion of the republic’s tourism resources in interregional programs within the framework of the signed Agreement on the “Big Volga” project.
Sports tourism is one of the new promising areas of tourism development for the republic. In 2004 - 2010
In Yoshkar-Ola, modern sports facilities were put into operation, making it possible to hold championships and competitions at the All-Russian and international level:
the Spartak sports and recreation complex, the Mari El Ice Palace and the Druzhba Stadium Ice Palace, the Aquatic Sports Palace, the Yoshkar-Ola Water Palace, the central Druzhba stadium has been reconstructed. It is planned to build new sports facilities of international level.
Development of cultural and educational tourism in the Republic
Mari El does not have great prospects as a separate type of tourism. This is connected with the history of the region and with the deep geographical location republics away from main lines economic life in the past, according to the absence in the territory
in a large number of significant historical and cultural monuments
and architecture of federal significance. Development of this type of tourism
in the republic should be considered as an integral part of other types of tourism or as an integral part of unifying interregional tourism products that involve a short-term stay on the territory of the republic
for cultural and educational purposes.
Thus, on the territory of the Republic of Mari El there are prerequisites for the successful development of several types of tourism.
According to specialists from the Department of Investments and promising development group of companies "Vladinvesttur", given in 2007, profitable geographical location Republic of Mari El, historical, architectural and ethnographic heritage, wealth of environmental resources, availability of labor resources, subject to the implementation of administrative resources, will allow in the next 5 years to position the republican tourism product among the top ten regional leaders of the national tourism product of Russia.
Today our sports tourism team returns from Krasnoyarsk.
Our athletes successfully completed five days - five distances of the fifth, master class.
The result was 13 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze medals and a cup for the first overall team place at the Russian Championship in Sports Tourism on Walking Distances.
Announcement of a new project for our republic.
For those who did not have time or were too lazy to find on the internet what a “landmark” is:
- a stationary object noticeable on the ground that helps determine the direction of movement and find the target;
- the main purpose of applying effort (trans.);
- guiding principles, a value system that allows decisions to be made (translated).
New project
The idea of the project is to try your hand at running with a compass and map without going into distant dense forests. And in order not to get lost at all, you can lay out routes on the territory of your home school.
Such a project was conceived at secondary school No. 15 in the city of Yoshkar-Ola and the Republican Federation of Orienteering and Sports Tourism was invited to help.
The youth policy department of the education department of the administration of the urban district “City of Yoshkar-Ola” supported the project, because this idea fully fits into the competition of projects aimed at developing in adolescents and young people the need to lead a healthy lifestyle.
What's the point anyway?
And what do landmarks and orientation have to do with it?
Orienteering competitions are already very popular in our country. Up to 400 cross-country running enthusiasts with a map and compass come to a number of starts. I also registered in Yoshkar-Ola for the All-Russian May start “Azimuth”.
But the school would not be an educational institution if it did not add its own flavor to this path.
Before you cross the starting line young man You really need to choose your reference point. Or rather, several control points located in the school area. How can we choose these guidelines correctly?
Original and at the same time simple - it is necessary from test cards, the tasks in which school subjects prepared by caring teachers, choose the correct answers. These answers are the control points, the ones that will tell you the right path.
Whoever reaches the finish line faster will win.
And whoever answers the questions incorrectly, that is, chooses the wrong landmark, will pave the wrong route for himself.
This is not running along a cinder track - you have to think with your head about who is faster!
These are the landmarks, today on the map and in the schoolyard, and at the end of school and on life path, the youth of our city have to choose.
The first meeting of the project organizers has already taken place. Experts gathered for a seminar (something new) educational institutions Zarechny district. We got together, discussed and decided - in May, students from school 15 will go out for the first trial start, and in the fall, everyone will be able to look for their own reference point.
As promised, we posted all the news from the Spring Call Sports Tourism Festival on the Mariyskaya Pravda website. Three days of competition, more than a thousand races every day, a hundred sets of medals - these are the “dry” sports facts. And the atmosphere of the holiday and spring mood was felt by those who responded, were not lazy and came to the sports tourism festival.
Passing the baton
But, as they say, the competition is over - Long live the competition!
This is not just a slogan. The summer sports and tourism season, which began so grandly with the “Spring Call”, which brought together almost 400 tourists from 14 regions of our country, passes the symbolic baton to the city of Khvalynsk, on the high Volga bank in the Saratov region, which is already ready to host young athletes and educational tourism experts in sports and tourist camp "Turiada" of the Volga Federal District.
A delegation has been formed from our republic, which includes both tourists - pedestrians who have proven themselves at the All-Russian starts, and tourists - watermen and cyclists who have passed the selection at the republican competitions.
"Turiada" is not only a sport
The Turiada program includes not only sports competitions, but also a cultural and educational block, so our composition has been strengthened by young specialists in the field of domestic tourism.
They will have to defend the Mari region in a presentation competition of tourist regions of the Volga Federal District, a knowledge competition about tourism, an art song competition with such a romantic name - “Music of Hearts”. The main task is to develop an interregional tourist route, which should reflect the attractiveness and characteristics of our republic.
We're rooting for ours
From May 18 to 21, we will be able to cheer for our people now in the Saratov region.
And, what is already becoming common, by looking once again at the pages of the MP website, you will be able to find out the course of current events.
Moreover, during all three years of performances at Turiada, our tourists always returned with prizes. This is despite the fact that our Volga district has the largest number of participants and the competition is usually very strong.
Good luck and new sporting heights to tourists from Mari El!
We continue to support Mari tourism! 
The other day, a regular meeting of the headquarters for the preparation of the Sports Tourism Festival “Spring Call - 2016” took place.
Isn't it an intriguing name? For ordinary people, the “conscription”, both spring and autumn, leads to only one association – military service.
But not for fans of sports tourism. Let's try to understand together how the tourist conscription differs from the conscription by order of the Minister of Defense.
As the name suggests, the draft takes place in the spring. Yes, but they also call you up to serve in the army in the spring, you say. But the whole point is that the organizers of the tourist festival first of all define the adjective “spring” not as a time of year according to the calendar, but as an awakening from hibernation, a call to start an active life, to start spring hikes and travels.
What exactly is “Spring Call”?
Formally, this is a mass sports event, which is included in as many as four official calendar plans. These are International competitions under the auspices of the International Federation of Sports Tourism, and All-Russian competitions in sports tourism of the Ministry of Sports of Russia, and the Calendar Championship of the Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Mari El, and a mass event of the event tourism calendar of the Tourism Committee of the Republic of Mari El.
For those who are not very interested in formalities, I suggest you look at it all from the inside. And these are hundreds of girls and boys who, like migratory birds, flock to the tourist camp “Pine Grove” of the Rose of the Winds youth center in early May, set up a tent city, take ropes, carabiners, helmets, and many other objects incomprehensible to uninitiated citizens from their backpacks and begin compete with each other. What's the point? - you ask. But the point is still the same - who will cross the finish line faster. True, you can only get to it by overcoming a number of treacherous barriers and obstacles that are strewn along hiking trails.
And yet, what is this call that brings together so many people passionate about sports tourism? Yes, everything is the same thing that once made you and I freeze at the sight of the flame of a night fire, quiet songs about true friends, the desire to look beyond the horizon, to prove to your comrades, and first of all, of course to yourself, that you can do everything. carry this heavy backpack all day, getting a bunch of blisters, and in the evening pretend that you’re not the least bit tired...
And competitions are, as they say now, simply one of the forms of self-realization of the younger generation. And you know, a very wonderful form.
Yes, what did I want to say at the very beginning?
So, the headquarters decided to contact the editorial office of the Mariyskaya Pravda newspaper with a proposal for an official information partnership. And this proposal was accepted.
And now, dear readers of Mariyskaya Pravda, everything that will take place on “ Spring call", you will be one of the first to know!!!
And not just “gold”, but the title of Russian champions in sports tourism at cross-country skiing!
Ksenia Mubarakshina was the first of our athletes to be lucky in sports. Having started in the strongest group, she left no chance for her rivals, which, however, is already becoming a certain tradition. After all, at the previous national championship in December last year, Ksenia also confidently won.
Her teammate and teammate Albina Gazizova added bronze - not bad for a start.
On the second day of the hunt for gold awards of the Russian Ministry of Sports, now at the ropes distance, our girls again distinguished themselves: the same Albina and Ksenia, having started first by lot, did not leave their rivals any chance.
Our men Ibragimov Damir and Urdyakov Rustam also performed well - third place out of twenty teams that took the start.
On the third, decisive day, our “gold diggers” had one more chance – competition among groups. Our men's four were the first to start – Igor Mikhailov, Damir Ibragimov, Rustam Urdyakov and Artem Andreev. To the sounds of a song about Mari El (the organizers of the competition tried) at seven o’clock in the morning our time, the guys rush to the first stage. Eight minutes later the athletes from Ugra started, after another eight - the Chelyabinsk athletes, followed by the Sverdlovsk athletes... and things started spinning and spinning. The distances were laid out on a biathlon track and therefore the audience not only admired the beautiful technique of performing very complex techniques, but also literally watched the intensity of the fight live. The final result of our tourists was 37 minutes 50 seconds. The neighbors from Chuvashia have the second time - 44:04, the third - our main competitors for the overall standings - the Khanty-Mansiysk - the gap is another plus one minute.
Our women's team, in which Evgeniya Loginova and Ekaterina Nikolaeva joined Mubarakshina and Gazizova, already marked with golden glitter, also went to the start first on this day by the will of the lot.
Strong nerves, fighting spirit, self-confidence – all this could be seen in their behavior at the starting position. I was lucky enough to enjoy with my own eyes the coordinated, professional, masterful work of our women's team. The result is an expected victory and a gift to yourself on March 8th. I admit, at the end of the performance there was one moment that tickled not only my nerves, but also the nerves of the coaches.
But a separate story can be written about this. I can only say that the debriefing of the “flight” is still ahead. And the coaches of our athletes are Fedorov S.S. and Izvozchikova I.V., of which I have no doubt, have already compiled a summary called “working on mistakes.” 
It seems so simple - we came, competed, and won. However, if you look at who came to fight and from which ski regions, then everything becomes somewhat more complicated: Vologda Region, Komi Republic, Novosibirsk region. At the same time, the Urals were generally represented by almost full program– Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk region. And the line-up of participants is notable - 16 Russian masters of sports took to the ski track not far from Novouralsk, in the Northern Urals. So I think that all doubts about the significance of success can be brushed aside.
And the result is this: 11 gold and 3 bronze medals, plus FIRST place in the regional standings of the Russian Championship.
The Mari El Committee for Tourism has prepared a Calendar of tourist events for 2017. The selection of major tourist events includes more than 70 different events that will interest connoisseurs of all types of tourism.
The generated event calendar is a list of events that is aimed at promoting the tourism potential of the region.
As the committee reported, the use of a calendar is one of the most convenient ways to plan tourist trips, which allows guests and residents of the republic to combine acquaintance with the tourist attractions of the region with participation in events held on its territory.
Information about the most large-scale events of the republic will be posted on the official portal of the catalog “National Calendar of Events” and the website of the National Tourism Portal Russia.Travel, which are being implemented Federal agency on tourism.
Calendar of tourist events in the Republic of Mari El for 2017
| the date of the | event title | Location | Event organizers |
| 4-8 January | International competitions in sports tourism at ski distances | FSOiST of the Republic of Mari El | |
| 6th January | Christmas Agricultural Market | Yoshkar-Ola, Tsarevokokshay Kremlin | |
| Jan. 7 | Mari calendar and ritual holiday “Shorykyol” (“Christmas”) | d.Mari-Kupta, village of Mari Kitnya Mari-Turek district |
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| January 13-15 | Championship and championship of Russia in synchronized skating | Yoshkar-Ola, Ice Palace "Mari El" |
Ministry of Sports of Russia, Russian Figure Skating Federation, |
| January 25-28 | Open Championship and Championship of the Republic of Mari El in sports tourism at ski distances | Yoshkar-Ola, Pine Grove forest park | FSOiST of the Republic of Mari El |
| January 01-December 31 | “Mari El: traditions and modernity” - a permanent exhibition of works visual arts Republic Mari El |
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| January 27 | Valenka holiday | village Karay Volzhsky district | Editorial office of the youth newspaper "Kugarnya" |
| January February | Festival of Opera and Ballet “Winter Evenings” | Yoshkar-Ola, Mari Opera and Ballet Theater named after. E. Sapaeva | Mari Opera and Ballet Theater named after. E. Sapaeva |
| February 10-12 | XXXI republican competition among ski tourism students | Yoshkar-Ola | Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Mari El, Youth Center "Wind Rose" |
| 11 February | All-Russian cross-country skiing "Russian Ski Track 2017" |
Yoshkar-Ola, UTB "Korta" |
Ministry of Sports of Russia, Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Mari El |
| February 21 | Gatherings “My Soul, Maslenitsa” | Lock Sheremetev |
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| February 24-25 | Interregional judo tournament in memory of Hero of Russia, native of the Republic of Mari El Evtyukhin | Yoshkar-Ola, FOK "Spartak" |
Judo Federation of the Republic of Mari El |
| 25 February | Republican calendar and ritual holiday “Yarnya Melna” (“Festive pancakes”) | Central Park of Culture and rest Yoshkar-Ola |
Republican Center of Mari Culture |
| February 23-26 | Russian Table Tennis Championship among veterans | Yoshkar-Ola FOK "Spartak" |
FNTR, FNT of the Republic of Mari El, Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Mari El |
| February 26 | “Lady Maslenitsa” folk ritual holiday | Republican Center of Russian Culture, Tourist Information Center, "Tsarevokokshay Kremlin" |
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| February 26 | Agricultural fair "Maslenitsa-2017" | Yoshkar-Ola, Tsarevokokshay Kremlin | Ministry Agriculture and food of the Republic of Mari El |
| February | Interregional boxing tournament in memory of Warriors - Internationalists | Yoshkar-Ola | Boxing Federation of the Republic of Mari El |
| 9th of March | Meetings by the fireplace. Evening of Russian romance “I remember a wonderful moment” | Fireplace room of Sheremetev Castle | Lock Sheremetev |
| March 13-17 | Russian Championship in Sports Tourism at Ski Distances | ski resort "Korta" | Ministry of Sports of Russia, FTS of Russia Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Mari El, |
| March 13-17 | All-Russian competitions in sports tourism at ski distances | ski resort "Korta" | Ministry of Sports of Russia, FTS of Russia, Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Mari El, |
| 18th of March | Festival pop song “Cholga shÿdyr” (“Bright Star”) |
Yoshkar-Ola, Palace of Culture named after the XXX Victory | |
| March 19 | Ritual holiday Turkic peoples"Navruz" | Yoshkar-Ola, Republican Center of Tatar Culture | Republican Center of Tatar Culture |
| 30th of March- April 2 |
International competition-festival of dance performers and choreographers of “Mikhail Murashko Invites Friends” |
Yoshkar-Ola, Palace of Culture named after the XXX Victory |
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| March 21-27 | Festival "Yoshkar-Ola Theater" |
Yoshkar-Ola, Them. E. Sapaeva |
Mari National Drama Theater named after. M. Shketana Academic Russian Drama Theater named after G. Konstantinov |
| March 30 – May 1 | Personal exhibition “Life of the Mari people: Life and activities. Holidays and rituals. Astral cult and mythology"" T.V. Martyanova |
Republican Museum of Fine Arts | |
| March, April | Arts Festival "Yoshkar-Ola Spring - 2017" | Yoshkar-Ola, Palace of Culture named after the XXX Victory of the Palace of Culture named after. Lenin Mari National Drama Theater named after. M. Shketana |
Mari State Philharmonic named after Y. Eshpay |
| April 21-22 | Championship and Championship of the Republic of Mari El in sports tourism at water distances | Sovetsky district | FSTiSO of the Republic of Mari El |
| April 21-22 | Championship and Championship of the REPUBLIC OF MARI EL in sports tourism on vehicles (bicycle) | Yoshkar-Ola | FSTiSO of the Republic of Mari El, Youth Center "Wind Rose" |
| April 21-22 | Open Championship of the REPUBLIC OF MARI EL on sports tourism at walking distances |
village Kuyar, DOL "Pine Grove" |
FSOiST of the Republic of Mari El, Youth Center "Wind Rose" |
| April 23 | Easter fair | Yoshkar-Ola, Tsarevokokshay Kremlin | Tsarevokokshay Kremlin together with the Yoshkar-Olinsk and Mari Diocese |
| 25th of April | Calendar-ritual holiday “Kugeche” (“Easter”) | Central Park of Culture and Leisure Yoshkar-Ola |
Republican Center of Mari Culture |
| April 28 – May 1 | VI republican competition for students in sports tourism at walking distances “Spring Call” | village Kuyar, DOL "Pine Grove" |
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Mari El, Youth Center "Wind Rose" |
| April 28 – May 1 | All-Russian competitions in sports tourism at walking distances | village Kuyar, DOL "Pine Grove" |
FTS of Russia FSO and ST of the Republic of Mari El, Youth Center "Wind Rose" |
| April 28 -May 2 | Championship of the Russian Student Sports Union (RSSU) in sports tourism at walking distances | village Kuyar, DOL "Pine Grove" |
RSSS, FTS of Russia Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Mari El, |
| April 28 -May 2 | International competitions in sports tourism at walking distances | village Kuyar, DOL "Pine Grove" |
FSOiST of the Republic of Mari El |
| April | Ballet festival in honor of the great Russian ballerina G.S. Ulanova | Mari State Opera and Ballet Theater named after. E. Sapaeva | Mari State Opera and Ballet Theater named after. E. Sapaeva |
| April 29 | Interregional festival of historical reconstruction "Heritage" | Yoshkar-Ola, Tsarevokokshay Kremlin | Tsarevokokshay Kremlin |
| 07 April – 21 May | Exhibition “Group portrait against the backdrop of the world” by Yuri Rost, laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art (Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow) | Yoshkar-Ola, National Art Gallery | Republican Museum of Fine Arts |
| May 1-15 | Concert event “Open Air Orchestra” | Yoshkar-Ola, near the Russian Drama Theater (or on Lenin Square) (place to be confirmed) |
Mari State Philharmonic named after Y. Eshpay |
| May 20 | Cultural event “Night Museum” dedicated to International Day museums | National Museum of the Republic of Mari El named after. T. Evseeva and its branches | National Museum of the Republic of Mari El named after T. Evseev, Republican Museum of Fine Arts, Tsarevokokshaisk Kremlin |
| May | Interregional action “Saltak solyk” (“Soldier’s towel”) | Yoshkar-Ola | Republican Center of Mari Culture |
| June 10th | Opera "Akpatyr" | TC "Razdolie", Kilemarsky district, Aleshkino village | Mari State Opera and Ballet Theater them. E. Sapaeva |
| 12 June | Holiday of Russian culture “Russian Birch” | Yoshkar-Ola | |
| June 17 | Interregional holiday “Peledysh Pairem” (“Festival of Flowers”) | Yoshkar-Ola | Republican Center of Mari Culture |
| June 17 | Ballet Swan Lake" | Kozmodemyansk | Mari State Opera and Ballet Theater them. E. Sapaeva |
| June 24 | Agricultural fair "Flower Festival" | Yoshkar-Ola, Tsarevokokshay Kremlin | Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Mari El |
| June | Interregional song festival “Peledysh ayo” (“Song Festival”) | Gornomariysky district village Siukhino |
Republican Scientific and Methodological Center for Folk Art and Cultural and Leisure Activities, Department of Culture of the Gornomarisky District |
| June July | Open-air performance festival “Summer Seasons” | Patriarchal Square of Yoshkar-Ola, Tourist complex "Razdolye", Kozmodemyansk |
Mari State Opera and Ballet Theater them. E. Sapaeva |
| July 2-4 | IV open Championship of the Republic of Mari El in sports tourism at water distances among students | DOL "Pine Grove" | Youth Center "Wind Rose" |
| July 8 | Festival of folk craftsmen of the Republic of Mari El | Yoshkar-Ola, Tsarevokokshay Kremlin | Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Mari El |
| July 8 | Interregional folklore and ethnographic festival "Land of the Ancestors" |
Kilemarsky district Arda village |
Republican Scientific and Methodological Center for Folk Art and Cultural and Leisure Activities |
| July 22 | Championship and championship of the Republic of Mari El in mountain running as part of the Russian Grand Prix | village of Shindyryaly, Gornomaria district, Mount Alamner |
Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Mari El |
| July 22 | Interregional Satire Festival and humor "Benderiad" |
Kozmodemyansk | Administration Kozmodemyansk, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Press and on affairs of nationalities of the Republic of Mari El |
| July 27-29 | Championship of the Republic of Mari El on tourism among the visually impaired | Yoshkar-Ola | MRKSRTSI VOS |
| August 11-15 | Russian Championship in Sports Tourism – Sports for the Blind | Yoshkar-Ola | Ministry of Sports of Russia, Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Mari El |
| August 12-15 | Republican holiday fair "Honey Savior" | Yoshkar-Ola, Tsarevokokshay Kremlin | Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Mari El, Tsarevokokshay Kremlin |
| August 17-September 24 | Exhibition of photographs “Himalayas. Tibet" MOO "Center for Spiritual Culture" (Samara) | Yoshkar-Ola, Republican Museum of Fine Arts | Republican Museum of Fine Arts |
| August 30-October 01 | Exhibition “From Antiquity to the Middle Ages: Coins of Ancient Rome” and Byzantium from the collection of M.A. Rossiysky" (Moscow) |
Yoshkar-Ola, National Art Gallery | Republican Museum of Fine Arts |
| September 6-11 | All-Russian competitions in sports tourism at combined distances | village Kuyar, DOL "Pine Grove" |
Ministry of Sports of Russia, FTS of Russia, Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Mari El |
| September 8-10 | Aeronautics Festival "Light People" | Yoshkar-Ola | Aeronautical Club "Light People", (Yoshkar-Ola) |
| September 23-24 | IV festival "Rose of the Winds", dedicated to World Day tourism | DOL "Pine Grove" | Youth Center "Wind Rose" |
| September 27 | Summer orienteering in memory of E. Matyukova in honor of Tourism Day | Kartukov. pov | Gornomariysky municipal district |
| September 29 – October 1 | Open republican competitions for students in sports tourism at water distances “Autumn Kokshaga” | Yoshkar-Ola, Pine Grove forest park, M. Kokshaga river | Youth Center "Wind Rose" |
| October 6-7 | Open Championship of the Republic of Mari El on sports tourism at walking distances |
Yoshkar-Ola, Pine Grove forest park | Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Mari El, FSOiST of the Republic of Mari El |
| October 14 | Pokrovsk Agricultural Fair “Golden Autumn Mari El-2017” | Yoshkar-Ola, square named after. V.I.Lenin | Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Mari El |
| the 25th of October | Ethnic festival “Adyr siy” (“Maiden’s feast”) | Republican Center of Mari Culture | |
| October | Interregional national costume competition “Mari vuregm payrem unala uzhesh” (“The Mari costume festival invites you to visit”) | Yoshkar-Ola, Palace of Culture named after the XXX Victory | Republican Scientific and Methodological Center for Folk Art and Cultural and Leisure Activities |
| October November | Arts Festival “Mari Autumn 2017” | Yoshkar-Ola, Palace of Culture named after the XXX Victory | Mari State Philharmonic them. Y.Eshpaya |
| October December | Festival of arts and crafts "National and modern jewelry" | Medvedevo village Historical and Art Museum |
Republican Scientific and Methodological Center for Folk Art and Cultural and Leisure Activities |
| the 3rd of November | Cultural event “Night of the Arts” | Yoshkar-Ola, National Art Gallery, | National Art Gallery, Mari Opera and Ballet Theater named after. E. Sapaeva, Mari National Drama Theater named after M. Shketan |
| 11th of November | Festival “Kuzminki. Kurya name day" | Yoshkar-Ola, Tsarevokokshay Kremlin | Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Mari El |
| November 15-19 | All-Russian festival of puppet theaters “Visiting Ole Lukoje” | Yoshkar-Ola, Republican Puppet Theater | Republican Puppet Theater |
| November 21-27 | International festival of Russian theaters in Russia and foreign countries “Bridge of Friendship” | Yoshkar-Ola, Academic Russian Drama Theater named after. G. Konstantinova | Academic Russian Drama Theater named after. G. Konstantinova |
| november | International Festival of Russian Culture “Roots in Russia” | Yoshkar-Ola, Palace of Culture named after the XXX Victory | Republican Center of Russian Culture |
| December | Youth New Year's masquerade ball | Yoshkar-Ola | Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Mari El, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Mari El |