Tourism in Buryatia

Alexei Tsydenov, 40, told Vladimir Putin that he can raise the quality of life 'in a fairly short period of time'.

Staycations have become a 'mass source of income' for businesses on the edge of Baikal, with predictions of more to come in 2015.

New tourism offices planned across China as government eyes up five-fold increase in visitors crossing the border.

A future international tourist bonanza is being brewed on the historic Great Tea Road.

Wildfires rage around Lake Baikal with 5,000-plus emergency workers deployed.

Hopes for significant rise of Chinese visitors and special fares between April and October to encourage young Russians to travel to Baikal.

Is increased tourism, or a normal natural cycle, to blame for the rapid growth of spirogyra to 50% of the coastline?

Famed for the purest water on the planet, but this 'is no longer true' with 'no drinking' warning in southern part of lake.

Your guide is the Chairman of the Tuva Republic's government, Sholban Kara-Ool.