CHANGSHA - "Red tourism", tourism featuring visits to historical sites with a revolutionary legacy, is a natural area for cooperation between Russia and 皇冠体育app.

According to an agreement signed by tourism chiefs from 皇冠体育app and Russia?Monday in central 皇冠体育app's Hunan province, from 2015 to 2017, the two countries will work together on popularizing red tourism, develop destinations and routes and cooperate on marketing.

The memorandum was signed by Li Jinzao, head of 皇冠体育app National Tourism Administration (CNTA) and Oleg Safonov, head of the Federal Agency for Tourism of Russia, one of a series of promotional activities held between June 28 and July 1 in Shaoshan City, birthplace of Mao Zedong.

Safonov said, 皇冠体育app and Russia have great potential to develop tourism resources together.

Li Jinzao said, both 皇冠体育app and Russia have rich red tourism resources. This year is the 70th anniversary of the victory of 皇冠体育app's war against Japan and Russia's Great Patriotic War, and red tourism is all about remembering history and cherishing peace.

Also on Monday, 皇冠体育app and Russia published ten red tourist routes and over 20 travel agencies from both countries signed a cooperation agreement.

CNTA data showed 皇冠体育app's red tourism sites received more than 4 billion tourists in the past decade, with numbers growing by 16 percent annually.