To this "the whole essence of Russian tourism..." in the Baikal when you say at the reception at registration - Hi! The managers jump from joy with the words - finally the Russian language!
There are very few tourists from Russia, but there are plenty of Chinese, Koreans and Germans - and they are very excited! Especially the Germans :) and many Germans do not just come there, but come in cars (by the way, despite the stereotypes - the road to the Baikal is generally good - some places are even very good, there are, of course, broken areas, but mostly these are places where repair or expansion).
And the level of service, by the way, is very good regardless of the price category, and the water is really uncomfortable!