There are a number of historical and cultural monuments in the Zabaykalsky national park, including the Monakhovskaya, Nizhneizgolovskaya, Zimoveinomysskaya, and Shimaiskaya markings. Archeological sites of interest in the park include camps from the Neolithic era, tombs from the second century b.c., tombs of nomads from the XIV-XV centuries, traces of an ancient irrigation system, and 35 settlements from the Bronze and early Iron ages.  There are also a number of unique natural formations in the park, 17 of which were dedicated natural monuments even before the park was created.  Landscape natural monuments include Ongo-Konsky Cape, Bolshoi Baklany (“great cormorant”) Island, and the Ushkani Islands.  Geological monuments include Malocheremshanskaya Cave, Poyushiye Peski (“singing sands”), the Greater and Lesser Kyltygey Islands, and Kameshek-Bezymyanny (“nameless rock”) Island. Hydrological monuments of special interest are Zmeiny, Nechaevsky, and Kulinye Swamp springs, and Lake Arangatui.  Cheremchanskaya Grove is a botanical natural monument.

Zabaykalsky territory is located in the Yakutsk time zone. UTC offset is +0900. Chita is the principal arrival point for most visitors, who usually arrive on the Trabs-Siberian Railway although the Baikal-Amur Mainlane also cuts through Chita Oblast's more isolated north. Chita is also served by VIM Airlines from Moscow and Bratsk.

Chita derives much of its importance to Russia from its proximity to China. As such, it has served as a point for international trade, migration, and even war. Today Chita contains a large Russian military presence - for this reason Chita was a "closed city" during the Soviet era.