North Korea, considered the most closed country in the world, opened to Russians in 2024. A year later, in the third quarter of 2025, Russian tourist traffic there reached a historic high – 3,460 tourists visited the republic.

In their reviews after personally meeting North Korea, Russians described it not as a country of «a thousand prohibitions»,…

Russia currently has four gambling zones: «Sibirskaya Moneta» in the Altai Krai, «Primorye» in the Primorsky Krai, «Yantarnaya» 50 km from Kaliningrad and «Krasnaya Polyana» in Sochi. From January to November 2025, they welcomed over 1.7 million guests. During the same period in 2024, they welcomed approximately 1.67 million guests. The year-on-year…

The Russian hotel market has undergone systemic changes in recent years, with both the balance of power in terms of management and the approach to replenishing hotel rooms among the largest players shifting.

Chain management companies have held and continue to hold a dominant position in the market (approximately 70%). The remainder, accordingly,…