A tourist fee will appear in St. Petersburg

Acting Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he intends to introduce a daily fee for foreign tourists in St. Petersburg. This was reported by Vedomosti.

Foreigners will have to pay 100 rubles a day during stay in St. Petersburg. The money received will be directed to the repair of facades of historical houses.

Vladimir Putin approved the introduction of a daily fee, but the date of implementation of the project has not yet been specified. In experimental mode, the daily fee with tourists was introduced in the Altai, Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories.