The Green Button application has connected new protected areas of the Russian Federation for tourists

A mobile platform for visiting specially protected natural areas On February 16, the Green Button summed up its work for 2025 and the first months of 2026.

Last year, Smolenskoye Poozerye National Park joined the system, and in February 2026, with the grant support of the Presidential Nature Foundation, the list included the Ugra National Park in the Kaluga Region, as well as three territories of the Vladimir Region: the Dyukinsky and Klyazminsko-Luhsky nature reserves and the Bogolyubovsky Meadow historical and landscape complex.".

In addition, the Stolby and Shushensky Bor National parks, the Sayano-Shushensky Nature Reserve and the Ergaki Nature Park in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, which won the Presidential Nature Foundation grant competition, will be connected to the platform in the near future.

"We know everything about the nature reserve system, our partners have extensive experience in creating digital projects, and now we understand that many natural areas need us. This is a very inspiring project, because we make travel safer for tourists, and greatly simplify the work with visitors for our protected areas," said Alexander Zheleznyak, founder and CEO of the Green Button.

It is noted that during the year the number of tourists who issued permits through the "Green Button" reached over 33 thousand people, whereas in 2024 this figure was 20 thousand.. The total number of app installations today is 22 thousand.

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced on January 10 that the Golden Ring tourist route will be expanded to 49 settlements, which will increase the attractiveness of the regions among tourists. It was noted that the route will include settlements in the Nizhny Novgorod and Tver regions, as well as the Pleshcheyevo Lake and Meshchera national parks.

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