The 6.2-kilometer-long Octopus Trail route links the Kozin, Otrada, and Prozrachnaya bays. The 19-kilometer-long Greater Sukhotino Trail in the Trans-Baikal Territory, in turn, is a feature of the ethnographic and archaeological park located within a specially protected natural area in southern Chita.The Greater Sukhotino Trail skirts 18 unique archaeological sites, including ancient burials, settlements, and rocks bearing petroglyphs. For visitors’ comfort and safety, advanced infrastructure has been installed on the trail, complete with thematic entrance spaces, sightseeing platforms, an art arbor, a children’s playground, camping platforms, and a video surveillance system.“The more accessible and well-organized such sites we have, the faster we will move from one-off trips to a consistent year-round flow. This will allow us to speak confidently about tourism as a fully-fledged sector of the region’s economy,” the Russian Government’s press service quoted Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, as saying.The Octopus Trail in the Primorye Territory includes therapeutic walking routes, ascents and descents, staircases, sightseeing platforms, and decking. The ecological trail can accommodate up to 70,000 people per year.As noted by the press service of Far East and Arctic Development Corporation, the Octopus Trail is included in the master plan governing the development of the Nakhodka Municipal District.In all, the Far Eastern Trails project includes 18 tourist routes with a total length of 126.8 kilometers in nine regions of the Far Eastern Federal District. This fall, new trails will be launched in the Khabarovsk Territory.
The 6.2-kilometer-long Octopus Trail route links the Kozin, Otrada, and Prozrachnaya bays. The 19-kilometer-long Greater Sukhotino Trail in the Trans-Baikal Territory, in turn, is a feature of the ethnographic and archaeological park located within a specially protected natural area in southern Chita.
The Greater Sukhotino Trail skirts 18 unique archaeological sites, including ancient burials, settlements, and rocks bearing petroglyphs. For visitors’ comfort and safety, advanced infrastructure has been installed on the trail, complete with thematic entrance spaces, sightseeing platforms, an art arbor, a children’s playground, camping platforms, and a video surveillance system.
“The more accessible and well-organized such sites we have, the faster we will move from one-off trips to a consistent year-round flow. This will allow us to speak confidently about tourism as a fully-fledged sector of the region’s economy,” the Russian Government’s press service quoted Yury Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, as saying.
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A stretch of the Greater Sukhotino Trail route in the Trans-Baikal Territory
The Octopus Trail in the Primorye Territory includes therapeutic walking routes, ascents and descents, staircases, sightseeing platforms, and decking. The ecological trail can accommodate up to 70,000 people per year.
As noted by the press service of Far East and Arctic Development Corporation, the Octopus Trail is included in the master plan governing the development of the Nakhodka Municipal District.
In all, the Far Eastern Trails project includes 18 tourist routes with a total length of 126.8 kilometers in nine regions of the Far Eastern Federal District. This fall, new trails will be launched in the Khabarovsk Territory.
