By the end of 2024, four projects to develop national tourist routes should be implemented. A mountain trail and observation deck will appear at the Barynya mountain shelter in Kandalaksha, the existing cultural and tourist complex Legends of the North in Murmansk will be modernised, and in Kirovsk, the Trail of Geographers ecological trail will be reconstructed with the installation of recreation areas, while a new tourist café Fersman Peak will appear with an exposition of the first settlements of the Khibiny. This is what the press service of the Murmansk regional government reports.

Moreover, year-round camping facilities will be created on the southern slope of Mount Aykuayvenchorr in Kirovsk, in the settlements of Teriberka and Ura-Guba. Equipment will also be purchased to ensure a comfortable and safe stay for tourists and residents of the region on tourist routes.

'The competition for financial support aroused great interest among entrepreneurs in the region. During the document acceptance period, 71 applications were received. Sixty-nine projects were accepted for consideration by the competition commission. Entrepreneurs have begun to take a more responsible approach to preparing applications for participation in the competition; the amount of their own funds in most cases is several times greater than the amount of subsidies they requested,' noted Olga Kuznetsova, Deputy Governor of the Murmansk Region.

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