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Source: Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering –
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Finalists of the competition
From March 5th to 7th, the 5th International Competition "Tourism Code of My Country, City, Town, or District – PRO-Tourism" was held in Moscow. This project aims to create and develop new tourist routes and promote and develop the tourism industry in Russia. Students from SPbGASU participated in the competition for the first time.
This year, the competition received over 1,000 applications from 86 regions. The competition was held in two stages. The in-person semi-final round featured 450 selected entries from 74 federal regions.
SPbGASU was represented by students from the Urban Planning Department, Maria Kuznetsova, Gleb Ivanov, and Anastasia Leontyeva, under the guidance of Mikhail Vilensky, PhD in Architecture and Associate Professor of the Urban Planning Department. Their work was presented in the "Scientific and Industrial Tourism" category.
The project defenses took place at the Moscow University of Humanities and Technology – Moscow Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering (MGTU-MASI). The contestants presented their projects to a panel of experts, including tourism and hospitality industry specialists. Maria Kuznetsova presented her project "Sosnovo: Where the Myths of the Kalevala Become Reality" at the in-person stage.
Our students' work proposes a new settlement model based on a tourism and recreational framework. This idea encourages peripheral areas to develop not only for recreation but also for tourism. The concept can be replicated in other communities with similar potential.
Following the competition, the SPbGASU student project was among the winners and awarded a second-degree diploma.
The competition program was packed with not only professional events but also cultural activities: participants were given a tour of MSTU-MASI, visited the Kremlin, the Izmailovo Estate, and the Rossiya National Center. The awards ceremony took place at Gostiny Dvor.
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