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New Spanish visa centers will be opened in eight regions of Russia

According to the General Consulate of Spain, since March 3 the eight visa...

Rosturizm has excluded only one tour operator from the register for non-payment of contributions to mandatory funds

As a result of the creation of the personal responsibility funds and the...

Consulate General of Greece in Moscow opened the accreditation for travel agencies

The Consulate General of Greece in Moscow started the accreditation of...

Destinations

In April Japan was visited by a record number of Russians

“In April 2017, 9 thousand Russians visited Japan, this is an absolute record”, - reported in the Japanese National Tourist Organization (JNTO).

"The...

The tourist flow from Russia to Germany grew by 17% in January and February 2017
May 24, 2017   
Demand for Spain grows despite on technical difficulties in the work of visa centers
May 23, 2017   

Transportation

St. Petersburg and Budapest will be connected by direct flight of the Hungarian low-coster

Since August 27, the low cost airline Wizz Air will launch direct scheduled flights from the northern capital to Budapest and back. According to the...

S7 Airlines launched flights from Pulkovo to Berlin
May 16, 2017   
In July “Ural Airlines” will open flights from Zhukovsky to Rome
May 04, 2017   

Analytics

Every second tourist in Russia plans to have a holiday on the east of Mediterranean

“In April 2017, almost half of potential tourists searching package tours for May and summer holidays concentrated attention on three countries:...

Russian tourists are interesting in expensive exotic islands
May 19, 2017   
In which European countries the tourists flow from Russia has grown in the first quarter 2017
May 17, 2017   
The demand for tours to Benelux countries has doubled
May 10, 2017   
Demand for trips to Europe in early May increased by 30%
May 10, 2017   

Marketing

Ukraine and EU have signed a visa-free regime

On Wednesday, May 17, in Strasbourg the leaders of Ukraine and EU have signed a document on introduction of a visa-free regime between Ukrainian...

The court confirmed the recovery of $ 5.8 million from LLC Natalie Tours in favor of Transaero
May 12, 2017   
In 2017 TUI Russia will send for holidays 3.5 times more tourists
May 03, 2017   
Expert: Turkey will become the locomotive of the growth of out coming tourism in 2017
May 02, 2017   
Ellinair airline launched five new routes to Greece
May 02, 2017   

Incoming

The tourists flow from China to Moscow and St. Petersburg has doubled during May holidays
May 26, 2017

“Twice more Chinese tourists have rested on May holidays in Moscow and St....

Kazan was awarded with "Golden Apple" for the development of event tourism
May 12, 2017
Today, the president of the World Federation of Travel Journalists and...
Putin signed the law on visa-free entry to Russian Federation for the fans of Confederations Cup and World Cup 2018
May 05, 2017

Foreign fans will be able to come Russia without visas during Confederations...

Learning Center

Documents to get visa to Russia
Oct 12, 2016

To obtain a visa you must apply to the consular office of the Russian...

How to get visa to Russia?
Oct 10, 2016
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Direct e-mails about traveling for PC or tablet? How often do Russians use tablets?
Aug 20, 2015

Russians were first turned on to tablets in the form of e-books. However, in...