More than 5,000 Russians used the "Visit Protected Natural…
More than 5,000 Russians used the "Visit Protected Natural Territories" service on the "Gosuslugi" portal, launched in June 2026.
Consensus
- More than 5,000 Russian citizens have used the new digital service on the 'Gosuslugи' portal for visiting protected natural territories.
- The service was launched in June 2026.
- The service is available for visits to national parks, reserves, and other specially protected natural territories.
- The service allows users to select a territory, choose transportation, obtain a visit permit, and pay online.
- The service has replaced the previous fragmented system where permits were issued separately by each territory and sometimes only in paper form.
- The process of obtaining permits is now faster and fully digital, with online payment and no commission.
- The service currently includes 50 specially protected natural territories across 37 regions of Russia.
- The 'Gosuslugi' portal has around 120 million registered users and over 14 million daily users.
- The digitalization of tourism services has reduced processing times for tour operator permits (from one month to 10 days) and for guide certification (from two months to one week).
- Digital registries for tour operators, travel agents, and guides have increased transparency and tourist safety.
Points of divergence
- The service includes the Altai State Nature Biosphere Reserve, and future plans include connecting the Saylyugem National Park and Katun Reserve. — vedomosti
- Since April 1, Russians can check into hotels using a digital passport via the 'Gosuslugi' app, provided the hotel has adopted the system. — vedomosti
Coverage (2 sources)
- More than 5,000 Russians have already used the service for travel through nature reserves — Ведомости
- New service on Gosuslugi for organizing tour trips to nature reserves, the launch of which in June was announced by the vice-premier... — ТАСС (Telegram)