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Cognitive dissonance of tourism
He pulled out for two days from the beginning of the season: Solovki - Kem - Petrozavodsk, the faces of friends, handshakes, smart eyes of social activists, glass - officials, and so I return to Solovki. Never staggered into various kinds of conferences, symposiums and other libations, but in recent years I have been pulled out there as a speaker who can act on the case and offer a decision, without polites and marriage dances, which are constantly observed during the joint pasture of officials and the rest.
I must say, the “Week of Tourism” in Petrozavodsk is held with the scale: information, meetings, concerts, excursions, presentations ... And that's good. It is bad that all participants in the week have different goals. This is not just the singing of the dumb to the deaf. Beautiful chorus is desperately conducted by the armless, and the blind dance. In general - fun.
The week began for a long time, and to me, who arrived for one day, fatigue and organizers and vacationers are clearly visible. Today, it was a clearly difficult morning for everyone: registration began at 12.30, the beginning of the action was planned at 14, but, somewhat lingered.
The first number of the program is the performance of the Deputy Minister I will not say why Medinsky, with the non -speaking surname Manilov. She immediately informed everyone that she had only arrived from the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, where she personally and for a long time spoke already with Taleba Rifai himself. The forum articles, however, mention only Medinsky , but according to the frequency of the mention of Mr. Rifaia Manilova, a feeling was created that she personally conducted all the negotiations, and Medinsky was to cover. In short, the girl was shocked by awareness of her own significance. She spoke for a long time and so smoothly that it turned out that now everyone would break into Russia, because the ruble is in firewood. And the Russian state invests serious loot in the tour. Chinovs, so that they advertise our beauties abroad. It will be called all the “days of Russia in Spain”, as well as in Paris, Vienna and Helsinki. I immediately figured out how many solar Spaniards would have to be met on solo, and whether Spanish should be taught.
My thoughts about the crowds of drunken Finno-Uglov, which are booming in euros, interrupted the angry Manilov tirade about the lousy quality of our advertising tourist videos. She ordered us to all shoot our videos better, otherwise she was ashamed of us in Paris. I understand her: we really have a shit. True, she did not say where to get the dough for “European quality”, and later she decided that for the entire north-west of Russia there would be enough one video, in common, like on a mass grave, and asked Maya Archilovna Lomidze to remove it. She promised, however, “to find money”: apparently, they fell over the lining. The suede threatened with a finger, and said that the whole country quickly sent Maya Archilovna “HDMI, no less”, and the faster, the better, because foreigners do not go to us because of our sluggishness, and the state gives us carte blanche, and we all have to use it. But only the one who will make the faster all will be divided by the foreign production. I especially rested on Karelia: you, they say, are simply obliged to show the Spaniards and Frenchmen to show Karelia, but what suddenly is: Vienna - sounds, Paris - sounds, and Petrozavodsk does not sound! She said - how she cut off. That's what it means - a statesman! And she remembered everything about Rifai, apparently, he deeply sunk into her chest, but she loves Paris more, and wants to do not blush for us and the rest of Russia in her summer voyage in Europe.
If you translate almost an hour and a half Manilly ranting, the conclusion is simple: the budget needs a currency, and the state wants to earn it on the import of foreign torso into our beautiful north-west pampas. I would laugh if I was a horse. Then, short, about 15 minutes, the deputy prime minister of Karelia performed, having read an almost complete list of Karelia's sights.
Maya Archilovna, as always, represented all the tour operators of Russia, and her personal commission on import substitution in tourism. I always liked Maya, as a smart and far -sighted figure, in the recent past, smoking the export abroad of all Russian bodies. Now the flow “abroad” has been wound, and Maya Archilovna is forced to maintain crazy ideas about the importing of Europeans by wagons. Despite the fact that its tour operators have already made a reconnaissance march on Zaonezhnaya, having completed Solovki (where I served them) and understand that mass tourism in tankwoods and swamps without basins and the Internet will only be liked by the descendants of Russian emigrants, who miss the impassable mud of the XIX century and serfs, joyfully waves to the sons of sunny, but not to sons of sunny Andalusia.
Mikhail Ushakov complained that real statistics do not exist, and said that he could count it with the help of Tits, if he was given money. The suede regretted once again to look around the lining, but asked to compose the shot lists of those Tits that did not send a register of beauties and miracles of their native land. The deputy Mestinoskaya inserted her five cents about Paris, promising either the spodplane or Spanish dough.
Under the curtain, the director of the kizi is not clear why she told about Kizhi, where everyone should go the next day, and the representative of Karelia-Tour, who told about the new reservation mechanism, and asked the suede as a coach, whether she managed to report, earned a royal “good”.
At the same time, all speakers thanked Manilov as if she had paid for their praise, and she seriously called a collective reading on pieces of paper “good discussion”. I note: there were no free microphones in the hall, and they did not give the possibility. And so I would definitely ask what the economic efficiency of bureaucratic voyage and what quantitative indicators of the flow assessment exist. The plenary part ended 45 minutes later than necessary.
Then everyone was taken for lunch. Although no, not all. At lunch there were none of the first -level officials - probably, we, mortals, were tired of them, and they decided to retire, otherwise the discussion will suddenly form. They did not appear after lunch, especially since after a solo concert Manilova, who ate working time, the main topic - “Water Tourism” - was slightly cut off. Tour operators were much less interested in water tourism than the supply of Spanish gold, and therefore they proudly left with the ministers.
Nevertheless, the work began, and they gave me a word. I said that for the development of water tourism, the state is obliged to build berths, develop bunning infrastructure, and also allow commercial transportation on small vessels, which already actually transport excursion routes. That's all the tourism to a penny. Of course, I had more words, but the fruiting of the hall said: we all understand and support you perfectly, but we will not risk talking so openly and sharply.
The conclusion is simple.
1. The ministers have the task of downloading currency to the country and they with flags and videos will carry Russian culture into illiterate European masses.
2. Tour operators would be happy to swing the currency, and are forced to nod officials, but understand that the tourism infrastructure is limited and killed.
3. Field workers of tourism in the absence of Manilova wanted to write a collective petition of Putin that there is no infrastructure, and they do not give them to work, but they also understand that it is pointless.
By the way, I am very pleased with the competent answers of the Karelia Ministry of Culture. Separate thanks to Titz Karelia. Hello to tour operators: for foreigners, Solovki can offer spring with seals and birds, as well as autumn with a herring and berries, because summer with Belukhas is 100% scored by our tourists, who have not been said about tourism. Just build roads and berths. And you can go to Paris.
By the way, the phrase “Silver necklace” sounded a festive refrain - a new brand of officials. I am glad that they have grown all the ministry to my level of 2005 ... But my concept of the FCP was called the "Northern Belt". Otherwise - very similar.))