The tourists' flow from Russia to Egypt fell by 14%, which is less than the overall decline of the tourists' flow from Russia abroad, the Egyptian ambassador in Russia Mohammed El-Badri said to the journalists on Monday.
"In 2014, Egypt was visited by 3.16 million Russians. Traditionally Russian…

Last year, Egypt welcomed 3.1 million visitors from Russia earning record-breaking $2.5 billion. According to the country's Minister for Tourism, Mr. Khaled Rami, the Russian market accounted for one third of the total tourist flow to Egypt. In the first quarter of this year, following weakening of…

Russian tour operators cancel part of flights to Tunisia because of falling demand after the terrorist attack in Sousse, the press-secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Turina reported Interfax-Tourism with reference to the tour operators.

"Within three weeks after…

The Government of Tunisia is ready to compensate for Russian tour operators 40% of the seats in charter flights in order to maintain the flow of tourists from Russia, the head of the National Office of Tourism of Tunisia in Russia Mezhid Kahlaui said to journalists. "We are ready to compensate 40%…

The demand for tours to Tunisia fell by 40%, but the Russian tour companies do not reduce the prices for tour packages, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) informed referring to the tour operators. According to ATOR, after the terrorist attack in Sousse, demand for tours to Tunisia…

Egypt continues to issue visas on arrival for tourist groups as well as for independent travelers, the head of the tourist office of the Egyptian Embassy in Moscow Ahmed Elgendi said.

"All the people still have the ability to issue visas at the airport," he said.

Earlier,…

Revenues from tourism received by Egypt in February 2015, were $ 442 million, while the tourists start spending for the night in a hotel in an average for $ 2 less, reported on Monday by Daily News Egypt.
According to the Ministry of Tourism of the country, Egypt's tourism revenues in February…

On March 14, 2015, Transaero air company gave detailed comment to TourDom concerning the situation on Egyptian destination. Last time travel agents noted that some of their clients started going to Egypt on their own by buying flight tickets from Transaero, which was never noted before.

The…

Russian citizens are allowed to stay in Tunisia for 90 days without visas, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia said on its website.

Visa requirements were lifted for Russians on December 1, 2014, the Tunisian embassy said.

Before the time, Russians could stay…