Best excursions of the RUSSIA EXPO awarded at VDNH

The interim results of the work of the RUSSIA EXPO guest center and tour guides in 2023 were presented at VDNH. The best participants of the contest Guides of Meanings who were trained by the Rosmolodezh program More than a Trip for guiding excursions were determined.

Oleg Makarov, Advisor to the Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh), addressed the award-winning tour guides with a welcoming speech.

"Yesterday the number of participants of excursions on 9 thematic routes of RUSSIA EXPO reached 100 thousand people. For each of them the possibilities of our state have been revealed in a new way thanks to the work of "guides of meanings" - those who daily introduce the achievements of the country to its inhabitants: the younger generation, youth, whole families. For us, the main indicator of the fact that the excursions, and more than 5,000 of them have already taken place, were able to captivate the guests is the positive feedback from the participants, their keen interest in the history of the Motherland. It can be seen both in additional questions to the guide and in repeat visits to the exposition, because many people who came to VDNH for the first time come back here again and again. During the summer, the President emphasized that the work of a tour guide makes a significant contribution to fostering love for Motherland among citizens. This is indeed true, and today we gratefully recognize the best professionals for their work", — he said.

Oleg Makarov awarded the top 10 tour guides in November and December, according to the guests of the exposition, in the nomination More than People's. Among them there are experienced and novice professionals in the field of tourism, who won the hearts of visitors to VDNH: Tatiana Kozyreva, Vladimir Prilipko, Ekaterina Shlyapnikova, Natalia Astakhova, Elena Vasilieva, Konstantin Bondarenko, Lev Belov, Dmitry Lesnykh, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Olga Alexandryan.

Representatives of federal and regional authorities, famous athletes, prominent figures of culture, science and art join the activities at VDNH every day. Ksenia Kirsanova, Tatiana Ushakova and Evgeny Artemenkov as the best tour guides, according to the representatives of the delegations, were awarded in the nomination More than Protocol by Deputy Director General of the ANO «Directorate of the Exhibition of Achievements "Russia"» Anastasia Zvyagina.

"Together with Rosmolodezh, Movement of the First and the Moscow Tourism Committee, we started organizing the work of tour guides at VDNH. At first it was 20-30 people, then 200, and now it is already more than 2 thousand. Since the exposition works as a living organism, we constantly have new routes. For example, on New Year's Eve the most popular among the guests is New Year's Russia route. The year 2024 has been declared the Year of the Family by the Presidential Decree. I propose to think over a new thematic family excursion, which could fascinate different generations", — said Deputy Director General of the ANO «Directorate of the Exhibition of Achievements "Russia"» Anastasia Zvyagina.

Among the main visitors of the RUSSIA EXPO are organized children's groups - schoolchildren, participants of youth associations and clubs. The deserved awards in the nomination More than a Friend of Children were presented by Marat Zakirov, Deputy Chairman of the Board - Chief of Staff of the Movement of the First, and Polina Bazarova, member of the Council of the Primary Branch of the Movement of the First.

Marina Larionova, Elena Seleznyova, Alena Dyachkova, Konstantin Bondarenko, Yuri Bolotov, Ekaterina Shlyapnikova, Natalia Zunekke and the Martynov spouses Irina and Alexander were recognized as the best tour guides working with the younger generation.

"Over 40 thousand children from all over the country visited the RUSSIA EXPO as part of children's organized groups. Together with you, the guides of More than a Trip program, we conducted 1.5 thousand excursions for them. I would like to thank the team of professionals on behalf of all representatives of the Movement of the First", — emphasized Marat Zakirov.

About 5 thousand excursions were conducted from the exposition opening till the end of December. Alexandra Abanina, Sergey Kolmakov, Sergey Samoilov, Sergey Seliberov, Yuri Bolotov, Elena Vostrikova, Antonina Matserinskaya, Elena Selezneva and Semyon Chaganov became the winners in the More than a Record category. The largest number of excursions among the nominees was conducted by Dmitry Lesnykh from Moscow - he has 67 of them under his belt. Dmitry takes an active part in the work of the tour circuit, also as a methodologist. For example, he co-authored a holiday itinerary for the New Year's Russia route.

A separate block of the excursion program of the RUSSIA EXPO relates to the work with foreign groups. In addition to Russian, tours are also held in English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese. Tour guides-interpreters Elena Smirnova, Marina Nazarenko and Alexandra Abanina were recognized in the nomination More than Friendship of Nations, and for their contribution to the development of inclusive tourism in the nomination More than a Tour Guide Asya Akhrieva, a guide from Nalchik with limited mobility, received an award.

You can sign up for thematic excursions and get acquainted with their schedule for the New Year vacations by following the link.

Let us remind you that the program More than a Trip has opened the recruitment of tour guides to work at the World Youth Festival - 2024. To find out detailed information about the competition, as well as to apply until January 15, 2024, participants from 18 years old can visit the website.