UNDP's ecotourism survey on disputed Russian-held island

UNDP's ecotourism survey on disputed Russian-held island

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Photo shows questionnaires for a survey by the U.N. Development Program of residents of a Russian-held island, known as Kunashiri in Japan, off Hokkaido. The survey has been launched at Moscow's request mainly to promote ecotourism to the Kurilsky State Nature Reserve on the island, Kyodo News learned Feb. 3, 2012. In Japan, which also claims sovereignty over Kunashiri and other disputed islands in the area, the government urges Japanese not to travel there on Russian visas as doing so would be tantamount to recognizing Moscow's rule over the islands.

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