Tourism
Chusovaya has long been famous for its rock formations, many of which have poetic names. They pose no dangers to light vessels and attract lots of tourists. A tourist route was formed here in the 1960s and was visited by about 3,000 people per year. In one summer season of 1980s, several tens of thousands tourists have drafted along the river.
The major objects of attraction are the picturesque river banks, boitsy rocks and their caves and grottoes. Many of these rocks are under state protection as natural monuments. About 200,000 people annually visit the Kungur Cave near Chusovoy. This labyrinth of karst caves was formed as a result of dissolution of gypsum and anhydrites by water at a depth of 60–80 meters and is explored only up to about 6 kilometers.
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“In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.”
—Robert Runcie (b. 1921)