The pandemic has forced most of the world to stay at home when many would have loved to travel instead. Fortunately, some travel companies have become very creative about offering travel experiences in the time of COVID-19.
Moscow Private Tours, a leading tour company for foreigners in Russia, is now offering a live tour of Moscow and St. Petersburg for those who are missing traveling this year. These tours are also perfect ways for families and friends to get together while doing something fun. Everyone needs some activity to take them out of everyday worries right now, and this tour experience is one of the best ways we can think of.
ABOUT MOSCOW PRIVATE TOURS
Moscow Private Tours creates over 2000 tailor-made tours for foreigners each year. Vyacheslav Kholopov, CEO of Moscow Private Tours, said: “As early as February, it was already clear to us that many tourism activities will migrate online. However, we did not fancy following the usual route of launching online tours in the form of lectures, showing photos of locations or Google street views.”
THE BEST TOUR OF MOSCOW
So they created a truly unique and interactive product that allows participants to feel like they are really on tour. Live Tours Moscow offers real-time streaming of tours around Moscow with a professional guide. The tours are done in small groups so that everyone can experience the effect of being on a tour. Private Live Tours are also available.
Live Tours Moscow is made real via a Full HD live video that also allows participants to directly communicate with the guide and with each other. This is a very different from other Live mediums. It allow participation by comments or likes.
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VISITING RUSSIA DURING COVID-19
The private groups can be as big or as small as the organizers wish. In fact, Moscow Private Tours has even organized a date in Moscow for a couple stranded in different cities. However, in order for each participant to have enough opportunities to interact with the guide, Vyacheslav Kholopov recommends around eight participants for each tour.
He explained : ‘This is a non-standard technology. We created our own media-server since the existing services of the streaming industry are not ideal. Zoom, Skype, and Google Meets have limited video quality. Meanwhile Youtube, Facebook, Instagram have considerable latency issues.”
WHAT TO SEE IN MOSCOW
The Moscow Live Tour in English can be booked directly on the website of Moscow Private Tours. The tour includes the most important attractions of Moscow: Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Moscow Kremlin, and the Bolshoi Theatre. It even includes a peek at a Moscow subway station famous for its artworks. Yes, the high level of mobile networks coverage in Moscow has made live streaming possible from deep underground.
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TRAVELING DURING THE PANDEMIC
The Moscow Live Tour is especially popular with foreigners who want to visit Moscow but who are now unable to do so because of COVID-19 restrictictions. Foreigners who have visited Moscow before and who want to refresh their memories of Russia are also enthusiastically booking these live tours of Moscow. The new St. Petersburg Live Tour is also generating much interest. Book your Live Tour of St. Petersburg, the city built by Peter the Great, here.
Moscow Private Tours will be launching live tours in other languages shortly. Vyacheslav Kholopov explains: “We believe this new format of excursions will stay in high demand even after the pandemic. These live tours will become an excellent tool for promoting Moscow as a travel destination.”
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