History of the development of tourism in Russia

In the first Russian state travel were associated with cognitive , trade , political and religious purposes . Princess Olga in IX . visited Byzantium. According to historian SM Soloviev , the most important reasons that made it a journey , were "curiosity to see the wonders of the educated world " and prestige , as " rose one who was in Constantinople ." The earliest trips are also moving merchant caravans inside ancient Russia and abroad (Constantinople, Astrakhan State , Byzantium , the Great Silk Road ).