How Russia’s ‘red tourism’ is luring wealthy Chinese visitors bored with Paris and Milan
Despite freezing winter temperatures, there is plenty of warmth for Chinese tourists in places such as Moscow and St Petersburg, thanks to Russia’s ‘China Friendly’ project and low prices for luxury goods
Moscow didn’t make a great first impression on experienced Chinese tourist Maggie Xu and the two friends she was travelling with. There was confusion at the airport terminal, difficulty finding their driver, and then crippling traffic jams en route to their hotel, the city’s Ritz-Carlton.
Once they had settled in, though, the trio found themselves charmed by the sparkling lights lining the pavements of Tverskaya Street – Moscow’s Champs-Elysees. “On that cold winter night, the city had the joyful atmosphere of an amusement park,” Xu says.
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