Model project for environment-friendly and socially compatible tourism with transferability of the results to other regions and ethnical groups
Dissemination of the results and experiences from the model project
Project Area
Project area is the Okinskij region at Lake Baikal, in the Republic of Buryatia, where about 1.120 Soyot people live. After the breakdown of the Soviet Union, the Russian government recognized this small ethnic group as an independent indigenous minority group in the north of Russia. The average monthly income of the Soyot is very low, the unemployment rate is 21 per cent.
The project consists of two modules. The first module is currently being implemented in the village of Sorok in the Okinskij region at the southern extremity of Lake Baikal. The second module is being realised in the capital of Buryatia and focuses on further training offers in the field of tourism management for the inhabitants of small settlements in the Lake Baikal region taking into account particularly the European experiences in the fields auf sustainable tourism initiatives and Bed and Breakfast.