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Moscow Region ranks number 3 in most attractive tourist sites

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Moscow Region is Russia’s third most popular tourist destination, the region’s Foreign Economy Ministry website reported.

MOSCOW, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow Region is Russia’s third most popular tourist destination, the region’s Foreign Economy Ministry website reported.

Moscow Region has become one of the leading Russian tourist sites with only Moscow and Krasnodar Region in Russia’s south more popular.

According to the ministry, 2.9 million tourists, including 162,000 foreigners visited Moscow Region in 2008, which is 53% more than in 2007. Notably, most tourists come to Moscow Region from Germany, Britain, Italy, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and France.

“Moscow Region has a vast amount of cultural and historical monuments, museums and other tourist attractions which is why Moscow Region’s rating for foreign and local tourists has increased,” according to the ministry’s website.

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