Direct flights between Moscow and Sri Lanka are set to resume on October 4, according to Ruwan Ranasinghe, Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Employment Abroad, and Tourism.  The official made the announcement to RIA Novosti, confirming that Aeroflot will restart the service after a period of suspension.

Ranasinghe noted that…

In the spring of this year, almost all leading Russian tour operators recorded a steady increase in demand for tours to Uzbekistan compared to the same period last year, while the dynamics vary from maintaining indicators at the level of last year to a multiple increase in bookings. The national tour operator Alean reported a 25-30% increase in sales…

Russia has officially lifted its travel warnings for six Gulf countries, meaning tour operators can now sell trips again without restrictions.  The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia cancelled the advice to avoid travel to the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. The warnings were originally introduced due to tensions in the…