St. Petersburg and Mumbai are gearing up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of sister-city status this month as “Days of St. Petersburg in Mumbai” from December 10-12 in Mumbai. The two cities had entered into the sister-city pact that seeks to establish closer trade, cultural and tourism and people to people ties way back in 1967 when St. Petersburg was still known as Leningrad and Mumbai as Bombay.
Promoting St. Petersburg as tourism destination for Mumbaikars will be high on the agenda of the visiting St. Petersburg delegates as the two sides also engage in a round table discussion on tourism opportunities attended by the Consul General office of Russian Federation in Mumbai, Administration of City of St. Petersburg, Visit St. Petersburg’s India representative Salvia Promoters, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation, among others.
St. Petersburg recently announced the opening of its India office and appointed Salvia Promoters as its tourism representative office here.
According to Andrey Mushkarev, Chairman of Committee of Tourism Development of St. Petersburg, “As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the sister-city status that our two cities, St. Petersburg and Mumbai, entered in 1967, we see that there is ever greater need today to further our friendship and understanding as well as tourism and cultural ties between our two great cities. We are particularly keen to reinvigorate the spirit that the sister-city status intends to forge through tourism.”
Prashant Chaudhary, Managing Director, Salvia Promoters, said, “This year is also particularly significant as St. Petersburg has opened its tourism office in India in order to motivate and invite our Indian friends to explore our great historic city and beyond. Like Mumbai or Delhi, St. Petersburg is very rich in history and heritage and is one of the greatest global travel destinations.”
A high level delegate is visiting Mumbai later this month to explore new areas of opportunity to strengthen tourism, cultural and trade ties.
