Analytical agency TurStat has analysed eco-tourism in Russia. In Russia there are 3 types of protected nature areas: national park (anthropogenetic activity restricted, but visits of tourists allowed), nature reserve (anthropogenetic activity prohibited, visits of tourists allowed with a special permission) and zakaznik (not the whole territory is reserved, but only plants or animals, historical or geological objects). The country has 50 national parks, 103 state nature reserves and 61 zakazniks. 2017 declared as the Year of Ecology in Russia.

10 the most popular reserves in Russia:

1. Stolby (Krasnoyarsk region)
2. Teberda (Karachay-Cherkessia)
3. Caucasus (Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia and Krasnodar Territory)
4. Altai reserve
5. Ilmensky (Chelyabinsk region)
6. Prioksko-Terrasny (Moscow region)
7. Zhiguli (Samara region)
8. Kivach (Karelia)
9. Shulgan-Tash (Bashkortostan)
10. Oka (Ryazan region)

According to TurStat, Stolby was visited by 328,000 tourists in 2015.

10 the most popular national natural parks in Russia:

1. Losiny Ostrov (Moscow and Moscow region)
2. Sochi (Krasnodar region)
3. Pribaikalskiy (Baikal lake)
4. Curonian Spit (Kaliningrad Region)
5. Elbrus (Kabardino-Balkaria)
6. Shushensky Bor (Krasnoyarsk region)
7. Kandra-Kul (Bashkortostan)
8. Russky Sever (Vologda region)
9. Khvalynsky (Saratov region)
10. Nizhnyaya Kama (Tatarstan)