Representatives of the tourism industry made a rating of natural phenomena in different parts of the world that attract Russian tourists.

The undisputed leader of the rating is the white nights in St. Petersburg. Summer miracle, lasting a whole month, attracts the largest number of tourists to the northern capital. This year was no exception, on the contrary, the number of applications for tours to St. Petersburg with night excursions increased by 32% compared to last year.

The second place - flowering lavender. Natural phenomenon is one thing, but tourist destinations are two - incredibly beautiful and fragrant blooming fields you can admire in the Crimea, on the peninsula there is even a village of Lavender, or in Provence in France. Lavender tourism season and there and there is mainly in June-July. Russian and French lavender fields are also gaining popularity with tourists every year, together this year they have taken the second line of the rating.

The third place is ice Baikal. Not a beach holiday is gathering a large number of tourists. Crystal clear ice of the deepest lake became incredibly popular in Instagram. Perhaps, it was Instagram that turned the severe winter Siberia into a place of glamorous pilgrimage of tourists, moreover, mainly from the two capitals of Russia.

Fourth place - the birth of turtles in the Maldives. On this incredibly sweet natural phenomenon, several popular island hotels. Those wishing to see the miracle of birth their workers will wake up at night and spend to the nests. Moreover, it is the love of tourists that helps turtles survive - a rare case when a person has learned to monetize the conservation of a species: the more hatching turtle, the more tourists come to see it.

The fifth place is the flowering of lotus in Asia. Although this plant is not so rare in many countries, it is best for Russian tourists to lure Thailand - to have a winter picnic on the lake of lotus lot dream of many, especially social networks create a literally explosive excitement around photos of this wonderful place. Russia, not deprived of lotuses, has not yet converted the power of beauty to the strength of tourism revenues, so the main cream of the natural miracle is still filming Thailand and India.

Sixth place - cherry blossom in Japan. Although, as before, Japan remains a very expensive destination for Russians, the mysterious beauty of the Japanese cherry makes domestic tourists pay no attention to costs. Now, almost every travel agency offers a spring tour in a luxuriantly flourishing Tokyo. And there is no shortage of people wishing to go on such a journey.

Seventh place - aurora borealis. Although no one can guarantee a tourist that he will definitely see this incredibly beautiful phenomenon, yet thousands of Russians go to the North every year for luck.

In Russia, the most popular places for hunters behind the polar lights are Karelia and the Murmansk region, and abroad, of course, Finland. However, recently there was a fashion for Iceland.

The eighth place was divided by pink sunsets in the Dolomites (Italy) and the glowing waves of Vadhu (Maldives).

Ninth place - smoking volcanoes, which can be seen in Costa Rica, Italy and Italy.

And closes TOP-10 - salmon spawning The rating was compiled by the company "RossTour".