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On July 7 regular flights from Vladivostok via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Anchorage, Alaska, will be launched, officials announced.

“Direct flights to Alaska are our dream which we have long been striving for,” said the head of the tourism agency in the Kamchatsky region Tamara Tutushkina, according to a press statement from the region’s administration.

Direct flights from Kamchatka to Anchorage were halted in 2005 and tourism drastically declined. According to Tutushkina, the Kamchatsky tourism agency held numerous talks with the Primorye regional administration aiming to resume the flights.

This direct airline route between the U.S. West Coast and the Russian Far East will be beneficial for exchange program students and businessmen as well as for tourists wishing to explore the remote territory of Russia.

The airline connections with the countries of the Asian-Pacific region are important for the inflow of tourists from these countries since they are experiencing a true tourist boom, Tutushkina said. Tourists from Japan, South Korea and the United States of America will be able to make up a significant portion of foreign visitors in the Far East of Russia.