The greatest attraction of the season is the World Hockey Cup 2014 and many Belarusian tour operators make special offers. The tourist package includes accommodation, transfer, souvenirs. The tourist package may cost from 60 to 4,000 Euro. The price depends on the number of games and stars of the apartment. Alexander Lukashenko says that the Championship is an opportunity of showing our country to the world.
Alexander Gagiyev, Senior Deputy Minister of Sport and Tourism: The entire nation is getting ready for this event.
Joseph Perramon, director on Eastern Europe at the tourist administration of Catalonia (Spain): I saw that Minsk is a nice city for youth and family tourism. There are no traffic jams here. There are many facilities for doing sport and the people are very hospitable.
Another field is patriotic tourism. 2015 will be announced the Year of Great Victory in the CIS. The program of this event will be discussed by the Presidents in Minsk.
