Similarities

Mysterious (to me, anyway) stone structure on the banks of Baikal near Kodil'naya Valley. Doesn't it look quite similar to...
...Stonehenge?

Я Люблю Иркутск

Kind of cute, but a bit pricey. I obviously have too much free time to stumble across websites like this...

http://www.cafepress.com/xkluziv/3796032

Additional Portion of Art.

Baikal and taiga video with music and comments.

Online tourism

There are many online tour agencies that offer sevices and try to sell them on Internet. Recently I found an intresting company based in China which offers interesting tour packages to anywhere from Vladivostok and Beijin to London. Can you imagine what a big market they are covering?! They really work hard, and they have a good website. Monkey Business is the brand .

And it really seems that they can attract people to Ulan-Ude and Irkutsk.