More than 5m tourists visit World Cup cities in Russia

MOSCOW, July 05 (TASS): More than 5 million tourists, including 2.9 million foreigners, have visited the cities hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches, head of the Russian Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov said at a news conference.

"According to preliminary information, the World Cup host cities have received more than 5 million tourists. Moscow saw the heaviest tourist flow of more than 2.7 million, while St. Petersburg received more than 600,000, and Sochi, more than 500,000. The growth of tourists visiting the World Cup host cities was from 19 per cent in Moscow to 1,678 per cent in Saransk, with the average growth of 74 per cent," the agency head said.