Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov spoke about the training of specialists for the tourism industry.
Today, more than 200 higher education institutions and 300 colleges across the country provide training for the tourism and hospitality industry. More than 320 thousand people receive specialized education there.
The admissions campaign is currently underway in Russian universities and institutions of secondary vocational education. In higher education areas related to tourism, applicants have already submitted applications to approximately 130 thousand competition groups, and about 120 thousand applications have been sent to institutions of secondary vocational education.
"President Vladimir Putin has set the task of increasing the tourist flow to 140 million people per year by 2030. To achieve this, large-scale investment projects are being implemented within the framework of the national project "Tourism and Hospitality". The key importance today is the training of specialized specialists for the tourism sector. In 2025, more than 80 thousand budget places have been allocated for universities and secondary vocational education institutions in the field of "Tourism and Hospitality", – emphasized Dmitry Chernyshenko.
Currently, the tourism industry employs about 1 million people. In 2024, educational institutions graduated about 55 thousand specialists for the tourism sector, including more than 6.4 thousand university graduates and over 48 thousand specialists with secondary vocational education.
In addition to basic training, work is also underway to improve the qualifications and professional retraining of already working specialists. According to the Ministry of Economic Development, until 2030, the tourism industry will additionally need up to 400 thousand employees, of which 45 thousand with higher education, with secondary professional – 116 thousand.
Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov emphasized the need for a comprehensive approach: "It is important to integrate secondary vocational education with the demands of the tourism industry, cooperate with strong regional universities and increase labor productivity. For this purpose, competence centers in tourism have already begun operating at the Kavkaz.RF corporation. So that educational institutions can quickly and efficiently meet the industry's need for specialists."
In order to improve the quality of personnel provision for the tourism industry, federal resource centers for personnel training have been created within the framework of the national project "Tourism and Hospitality". They are located in the Moscow Region at the Russian State University of Tourism and Service (RGUTIS), Tatarstan and St. Petersburg.
Since 2023, more than 11 thousand people have been trained in the centers, and by the end of 2025, it is planned to train about 6.5 thousand more specialists. Among them are managers of hotel complexes, tour guides, specialists in the field of strategic planning in tourism and service organization.
In the Federal Resource Center for Personnel Training for the Tourism and Hospitality Industry, RGUTIS, more than half of the programs are aimed at developing human resources in the hotel industry and the catering industry, including optimizing the operation of accommodation facilities, managing modular hotels, and increasing the efficiency of business services. In addition, it is planned to build an educational campus for the RGUTIS branch on the territory of the Zavidovo resort in the Tver Region, where students will be able not only to study, but also to undergo practical training.
The Centre for the Development of Human Resources at the Volga Region State University of Physical Education, Sports and Tourism in Kazan trains highly qualified specialists from the regions who are capable of creating territories attractive to investors and tourists.
The International Competence Centre in St. Petersburg trains specialists in international tourism, including employees of tour operators, hotels, museums, guides and tour guides.
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