Editing Tatarstan (section)

== Tourism ==
[[File:Kazan Kremlin 2.jpg|thumb|Kazan Kremlin]]

There are three UNESCO world heritage sites in Tatarstan—[[Kazan Kremlin]], Bulgarian State Museum-Reserve, and Assumption Cathedral and Monastery of the town-island of Sviyazhsk.<ref name="8swNP" />

The annual growth rate of tourist flow to the republic is on average 13.5%; the growth rate of the volume of services in the tourism sector is 17.0%.<ref name="ivz75" />

At the end of 2016, on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan there were 104 tour operators, of which 32 dealt in domestic tourism, 65 in domestic and inbound tourism, 1 in domestic and outbound tourism, and 6 in all three.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

{{As of|2017|01|01|post=,}} 404 collective accommodation facilities (CSR) operate in the Republic of Tatarstan; {{nowrap|379 CSR}} are subject to classification (183 in Kazan, 196 in other municipalities of the Republic of Tatarstan).<ref name="Spw5x" /> 334 collective accommodation facilities received the certificate of assignment of the category, which is 88.1% of the total number of operating.

In 2016, special attention was paid to the development of tourist centres of the Republic of Tatarstan—Kazan, [[Bolghar]], [[Sviyazhsk|the town-island of Sviyazhsk]], [[Yelabuga]], [[Chistopol]], and [[Tetyushi, Republic of Tatarstan|Tetyushi]]. The growth of tourist flow in the main tourist centres of the Republic compared to 2015 amounted to an average of 45.9%.

[[File:Elabuga ul spasskaya.jpg|thumb|Spasskaya]]

Currently{{when|date=December 2024}}, sanatorium and resort recreation is developing rapidly in Tatarstan. There are 46 sanatorium-resort institutions in the Republic of Tatarstan. The capacity of the objects of the sanatorium-resort complex of Tatarstan is 8847 beds; more than 4300 specialists are engaged in the service of residents. In 2016, more than 160 thousand people rested in the health resorts of the Republic of Tatarstan.<ref name="dANO5" /> 22 health resort institutions of the Republic of Tatarstan are members of the Association of health resort institutions "Health resorts of Tatarstan," including 11 sanatoriums of PJSC "Tatneft."

Since 2016, the Republic of Tatarstan has been operating the Visit Tatarstan program, the official tourism brand of the Republic, the purpose of which is to inform tourists, monitor the reputation of the Republic, develop the tourism potential of the regions of Tatarstan, conduct market research, create partner projects with local companies, and expand internationally. "Tatarstan: 1001 pleasure" is the main message that tourists receive. The Visit Tatar website, where there is information about the main sights and recreation in Tatarstan, is available in 8 languages: Tatar, Russian, English, Chinese, German, Spanish, Finnish, and Persian.<ref name="V1W3q" /><ref name="a5KSe" />

=== Tourist resources of historical and cultural significance ===
[[File:Kazan state university.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Kazan (Volga region) Federal University|Kazan Federal University]]]]
[[File:Kazan Millennium Bridge 08-2016.jpg|thumb|Kazan Millennium Bridge]]
* [[Kazan Kremlin]]
* [[Kazan (Volga region) Federal University|Kazan University]]
* [[Bolghar]]
* [[Sviyazhsk]]
* [[Temple of All Religions]]
* [[Qolşärif Mosque]]
* [[Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral (Kazan)|Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral]]
* [[Söyembikä Tower]]
* [[Millennium Bridge (Kazan)|Millennium Bridge]]
* [[Old Tatar Quarter]]
* [[Galiaskar Kamal Tatar Academic Theatre]]
* The Jalil Opera and Ballet Theatre
* [[National Museum of Tatarstan|The National Museum of Tatarstan]]