Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) – Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) –
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In the first half of 2025, more than five thousand new small and medium-sized businesses in the tourism sector were created in Russia. Thus, the total number of tourism SMEs in the country reached almost 76.5 thousand, and their revenue by the end of 2024 exceeded 1 trillion rubles.
"Over three years, the number of small and medium-sized enterprises in the tourism sector has grown by 12% and is now approaching 76.5 thousand. And the total employment in the SME segment in the tourism sector is 296 thousand people. The growth rate of domestic tourism and targeted government support provide opportunities for the development of small and medium-sized businesses. Moreover, this is a two-way street: the active involvement of SMEs in the creation of tourism infrastructure is not only a response to market demand, but also the creation of new points of attraction for the redistribution or increase of tourist flows," said Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Dmitry Vakhrukov.
According to the SME Corporation, the growth rate of SMEs in tourism is 1.5 times higher than in other industries.
"The key feature of the growth of tourism SMEs was the high growth rate relative to SMEs in all industries – more than 1.5 times. Since the beginning of 2025, more than five thousand SMEs have been created in key areas of tourism with a reproduction rate (the ratio of opened and closed enterprises) of 1.7. In general, for all industries, this ratio is significantly lower and is 1.1. Another important trend is the interest in tourism on the part of young people. Every fifth SME is accounted for by young entrepreneurs under 35. At the same time, the average age of entrepreneurs in the tourism sector is 44 years old, which is a year higher than the average for the SME sector," said Alexander Isaevich, General Director of the SME Corporation.
About 45% of SMEs in the tourism sector have hired workers, their number is 234 thousand people. Another 62 thousand are self-employed citizens who work as guides and also provide temporary accommodation services.
The largest number of SMEs in tourism in 2025 opened in Moscow (537), Krasnodar Krai (465), St. Petersburg (282), Moscow Region (244), and the Altai Republic (225). In the ranking of cities, besides Moscow, the resort city of Sochi leads in this indicator (86 SMEs), followed by Krasnodar (83), Yekaterinburg (72), Ufa (60), and Kazan (53). The top 10 municipalities in terms of business growth in tourism also included Gelendzhik (48), Perm (48), municipalities of the city of Moscow (47), Anapa (45), and Novosibirsk (44).
Let us recall that in order to support the tourism business, the SME Corporation allocated a special limit of "umbrella" guarantees in 2025, which will allow small and medium businesses in this area to attract at least 25 billion rubles by the end of the year. A full range of financial and non-financial support measures for the creation and development of entrepreneurship in the tourism sector is presented on the SME.RF Digital Platform.
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