The schoolchildren will be taken to Crimea and the Krasnodar Krai. In previous years, the children went to camps in Anapa, which was the area most severely damaged by the fuel oil spill.

At the Ministry of Youth of Tatarstan toldthat Rospotrebnadzor did not introduce restrictions in connection with the environmental disaster.

Vouchers have already begun to be distributed. The ministry explained that tenders for organizing Black Sea camps for children from Tatarstan were published back in November, and "state contracts have been awarded." These include free and discounted vouchers.

Residents' opinions were divided. "Is it about therapeutic oil mud?" "And what does our republic's leadership think? Where will their grandchildren and great-grandchildren go on vacation?" some wrote. "No one is going to risk their children's health. They would have imposed a ban if there was a more or less serious threat," others argued.

In February, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova ReportedThe authorities have not yet decided how recreation at children's camps in Anapa will be organized. She promised that the government would make a decision in April, but there has been no official statement on this matter.  

At the same time, tourism experts consider, that “swimming in the sea will be impossible,” and the camps in Anapa “will function without the sea, meaning children won’t be able to swim.”

As for commercial recreation, According to According to the Russian Union of Travel Industry, sales of tour packages to camps in the Krasnodar Krai have fallen by 40-45%. This was impacted by both the emergency on the Black Sea and a 15-20% increase in the price of vouchers to commercial camps. For example, in the Incamp catalog, the cheapest 21-day vouchers to Anapa cost 68,5 rubles, while the most expensive cost 137,9. Volunteers and government agencies continue to collect fuel oil along the coast. they say about the danger of open layers of fuel oil on the seabed, which cause new emissions.