International Competition ice sculptures offered to host in Primorsky Krai «The first game company of the East» (Vladivostok, is implementing the project of a gambling zone «Primorye»). About this at the next meeting of the Public Expert Council on the development of tourism in the Primorye Territory said CEO Craig Ballantyne. He noted that the benchmark for Vladivostok can become a competition, which is regularly held in Alaska and gathers the best artists from around the world and thousands of tourists, informs «Pacific Russia».
Another example for the Vladivostok festival Craig Ballantyne called International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, conduct that will create 20,000 jobs. This festival attracts every year up to one million tourists, among them — hundreds of world-famous travelers and representatives of authoritative media. Harbin festival has already reached such magnitude, that became the driving force of GDP growth in Heilongjiang Province. He brings an income of 16 million US dollars, and the annual increase in attendance of festival events is 30%.
As for the festival in Alaska, which is on the scale until the most suitable model for the Maritime Territory, it is held in March 1988. It is visited by an average of 50 thousand tourists.
«The first game company of the East» is ready to sponsor the Vladivostok festival-competition of ice sculptures, but the company needs the support of government and private business partners. Need to plan in advance much in the first place, the availability of rooms in hotels. You also need to compile and program of the festival, which can enter, for example, the tournament dancing on ice «Fetisov Arena» and other events, in one way or another connected with ice and snow.
Craig Ballantyne sure that future clients casinos in the gambling zone «Primorye» not miss the opportunity to visit other places in Vladivostok. International Ice Festival will be a great way to spend time. However, in response to need to provide a high level of service to tourists.
It is planned that the festival will be held in Vladivostok in 2016.