New East Digital Archive

Tourism

Letter from Goderdzi: Georgia’s hidden ski gem, where locals are fighting to preserve village life

Letter from Goderdzi: Georgia’s hidden ski gem, where locals are fighting to preserve village life

On the rocks: how vodka tourism shaped and shattered decades of Soviet-Finnish relations

On the rocks: how vodka tourism shaped and shattered decades of Soviet-Finnish relations

I spent 600 days walking the Silk Road, seeing the Caucasus and Central Asia by foot

I spent 600 days walking the Silk Road, seeing the Caucasus and Central Asia by foot

Sputniks and slot machines: take a tour of St Petersburg’s Udelka flea market

Sputniks and slot machines: take a tour of St Petersburg’s Udelka flea market

Inside Awaza, Turkmenistan’s extravagant and empty tourist resort — in photos

Inside Awaza, Turkmenistan’s extravagant and empty tourist resort — in photos

The untold story of Yugoslavia's naturist paradise

The untold story of Yugoslavia’s naturist paradise

Inside the little-known world of the early Soviet Union's Lenin-fuelled tourism industry

Inside the little-known world of the early Soviet Union’s Lenin-fuelled tourism industry

5 destinations that prove Albania is perfect for your next climbing getaway

5 destinations that prove Albania is perfect for your next climbing getaway

St Petersburg banyas: a guide to 5 steamy, soothing saunas to visit in Russia’s second city 

St Petersburg banyas: a guide to 5 steamy, soothing saunas to visit in Russia’s second city 

Letter from Saaremaa: how a former Soviet military base is thriving as an untouched oasis for nature

Letter from Saaremaa: how a former Soviet military base is thriving as an untouched oasis for nature

Go forth and multiply: notes from an accidental fertility tour of Central Asia

Go forth and multiply: notes from an accidental fertility tour of Central Asia

Discover the wild side of Lake Balaton, Hungary’s hedonistic summer escape

Discover the wild side of Lake Balaton, Hungary’s hedonistic summer escape

Selfie sticks at the Aral Sea: another example of disaster tourism’s self-indulgence?

Selfie sticks at the Aral Sea: another example of disaster tourism’s self-indulgence?

Slovenia’s alpine vistas are unmissable, even on misty autumn days

Slovenia’s alpine vistas are unmissable, even on misty autumn days

Adam Wilkoszarski: postcard views from strikingly empty resorts

Adam Wilkoszarski: postcard views from strikingly empty resorts

This mega Russian steel plant is now welcoming tourists

This mega Russian steel plant is now welcoming tourists

Alnis Stakle: moments of calm in Crimea’s troubled waters

Alnis Stakle: moments of calm in Crimea’s troubled waters

Letter from Herzegovina: daredevil diving and painful history in a modern Bosnia on the edge

Letter from Herzegovina: daredevil diving and painful history in a modern Bosnia on the edge