Guests from two dozen countries are expected to come to Astrakhan for a three-day international forum-festival "Gastronomic Roads of the Great Silk Road: Traveling for taste, Astrakhan-2017," Interfax-South news agency reported to the press service of the region's head of state on Thursday.

      "On July 7, the most authoritative domestic and foreign experts in the field of tourism, restaurateurs, hoteliers, tour operators, food and beverage manufacturers, delegations from various parts of the country and, of course, tourists will gather in the Caspian capital of Russia," the source said. He said that experts will come from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Egypt, Israel, Indonesia, Iran, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, China, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Croatia, and Japan.