Russians often say that their country is remarkable in that all of its domestic policies have led to the growth of tourism abroad while all of its foreign policies lead to more tourism within its borders (windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2023/11/moscows-foreign-policy-always-promotes.html).

And so it is no surprise that, as foreign travel has become more difficult following the launch of Putin’s expanded war in Ukraine, Moscow has promoted travel within the country and routinely declares that it has had enormous success and will continue to do so (e.g., 

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