On 12 -15 June 2012, participants in Beijing-Moscow 2012 motor rally came to Buryatia and its capital city Ulan-Ude. METROPOL Group of Companies acted as a sponsor of the motor rally in Buryatia.
Participants in the rally had a chance to get to know the national traditions of the Republic, make a trip to tourist facilities and meet with local mass media.
 On the first day of their stay in Ulan-Ude, rally participants learned about tourist opportunities in the Republic of Buryatia and made a trip to the Ivolginsky datsan. Then they went to Lake Baikal, where they stayed at the Baikal Riviera hotel complex owned by METROPOL Group of Companies. The Baikal Riviera is located in a picturesque woodlands of the Gremyachinsk Village on the shore of Lake Baikal. The complex offers a developed infrastructure with everything needed for comfortable and active recreation.
 On the second day, participants and reporters took a tour of Lake Baikal and attended a presentation of the Baikal Harbor project for the development of the Baikal lakeside. The Baikal Harbor will include a tourist and recreation facility, a yacht club, a year-round mountain ski family resort and a spa resort. Participants learned about cruise routes on the Atlant steamboat developed by the Metropol-Express company.
 The motor rally is a part of the Year of Russian Tourism in China designed to develop intercultural relations between the two countries, promote the exchange of experience between specialists and increase the awareness of foreign tourists about recreational opportunities in Russia. Participants in the motor rally will visit 17 regions of Russia and get comprehensive information about Russia’s tourist potential.