America - Russian Travel Digest

11.04.2018

Cuba: the results of the last year

“The Russians in 2017 made 75 thousand trips to Cuba, which is 67% more than a year earlier”, - reported the press service of Rosturizm. The department noted that the number of tourist trips of Cubans to Russia also increased and amounted 29 thousand for the same period, which is 12% more against 2016.…

28.03.2018

AZUR Air launched regular flights to Dominican Republic

AZUR Air airline has launched regular flights Moscow-Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) on March 26. "The regular flights on this route will be carried out by Boeing 767-300 airplane from April till October inclusive with a frequency of 6 times a week", - informed the carrier. Previously AZUR Air flew to…

12.02.2018

Cancelation of visas will increase the interest of Russians to Latin America

For the next two years Russia intends to cancel visa restrictions for all countries of Latin America. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference held on January 15 in Moscow. "We have, in fact, visa-free regime with all the countries of Central America and Caribbean,…

08.02.2018

The Russian tourist traffic to Dominican Republic increased by 81.6%

For the past 2017 Dominican Republic was visited by 240,038 Russian citizens, while in 2016 130,000 Russian tourists arrived to the Republic. This is follows from the latest data of the Central Bank of the country. According to the statistical report of the Central Bank of Dominican Republic, totally…

07.02.2018

Tour operators expect further growth of demand for Varadero

Varadero resort finished 2017 with a record 1.7 million foreign tourists. The Russian incoming market was among the three most active ones. In 2017 the Russian tourist traffic to Cuba for the first time exceeded 100 thousand people (+67% against 2016) which is a historical maximum. The leading tour operators…

30.01.2018

AZUR Air airline began to fly to Mexico

AZUR Air has launched the flight program to Mexico. The charter flights from Moscow to Cancun are performed 2 times a week, Initially it was planned that the flight program on this transatlantic route will start on February 06. The strategic partner of the airline - tour operator ANEX Tour – made a request…

10.01.2018

Tour operators launch new charters to Mexico

Biblio Globus tour operator has launched the charter program to Cancun. This is the second operator on the rout who has own charter program - and this time the program is very broad. According to Biblio Globus, the first flight of the program from Moscow to Cancun will be performed on December 26, 2017.…

20.11.2017

The flow of tourists from Russia to Dominican Republic reached a record level in 2017

“The number of Russian tourists who visited Dominican Republic from January to August grew by 159% against the last year”, - informed Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) with reference to the data of tour operators. "From January to August, more than 150,000 Russian tourists visited Dominican…

21.08.2017

Direct charter flights to Mexico will be resumed in October

Tours to Mexico with a direct flight from Moscow to Cancun appeared on sale on Wednesday, August 16. This became known from the suggestions of the capital’s travel agencies published on their pages in social networks. The tours are organized by "Pegasus" on the basis of charter flights of the affiliated…

09.08.2017

The tour operator forecasts an increase in demand for tours to Dominican Republic from Russians

“The demand for tours to Dominican Republic has grown among Russian tourists this year. This trend will continue”, - according to forecasts of Anex Tour operator. "According to Dominican Tourism Ministry, the resorts of the country were visited by more than 118 thousand Russian tourists. This number…

04.08.2017

Tourist flow from Russia to Cuba year doubled for the first half of the year

“Over 52 thousand Russian tourists visited Cuba in January-June 2017, which is 2.2 times more than a year ago”, - reports Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) with reference to the data of the Cuban Ministry of Tourism in Russia. In total, Cuba for six months hosted 3 million foreign tourists,…

04.08.2017

Flights to Cuba will be more

Since October 5, a direct charter program from Moscow to Cuban island Cayo Coco will begin. The customer is tour operator - ANEX Tour, Azur Air airline will carry out the transportation, the frequency of flights is every 10 day. The tours on the basis of this air transportation are already appeared in…

18.05.2017

Tourist office of Mexico in Moscow stops its work

“The National Tourist Office of Mexico in Moscow stops its work”, - reported the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). "In the letter to Russian tour operators, signed by the charge d'affaires of the Embassy of Mexico in Russian Federation, it is reported that the office, which was opened in…

14.03.2017

The tourists flow from Russia to Dominican Republic in January 2017 increased by 136%

“The tourist flow from Russia to Dominican Republic in January 2017 amounted 20.5 thousand people, which is 136% more than in the same month a year ago”, -said in the press service of the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic. Despite the decline of 2014-2015 due to the economic difficulties, the flow…

24.01.2017

The tourist flow from Russia to the Dominican Republic grew by 90% in 2016

“In 2016 the Dominican Republic was visited by 90% more Russians than a year earlier”, -according to data published by the Central Bank of the country. In 2016 136.2 thousand Russian tourists arrived in Dominican Republic. This is 90.3% higher than a year earlier, when the country was visited by 71.5…

18.01.2017

Russian tourist flow to Cuba increased by 50% in 2016

“More than 65 thousand Russian tourists visited Cuba in 2016, which is 50% higher than a year earlier”, - said in the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Friday. "In 2017 the number of Russian tourists may return to pre-crisis indicators. More than 70 thousand citizens of the Russian Federation…

17.01.2017

RST: Russian tourists are returning to Latin America

“Tour operators note the return of interest among Russians to travel to Latin America”, - told to the portal "Interfax-Tourism" the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RST) Irina Turina. "Sales of tours to Latin America for the New Year holidays were on the level of the same period…

06.01.2017

"Aeroflot" will launch flights to Newark airport in summer 2017

The airline company "Aeroflot" plans to start daily flights from Moscow to Newark Liberty International airport (located near Newark city, New Jersey) since June 1, 2017. The flights will be performed by Airbus A330. Departure from Moscow (airport "Sheremetyevo") is scheduled at 20:00, arriving to Newark…

14.12.2016

Russian tourist flow to Cuba has increased by almost 40% for the year

“For 11 months of 2016 Cuba was visited by 52.6 thousand Russians, which is almost 39% more than for the same period of the last year”, - reported in the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Tuesday. "This figure has already exceeded the number of tourists from Russia for the whole 2015…

31.10.2016

Tour operators have increased the number of flights to Dominican Republic

The intensity of flights on the route Moscow - Punta Cana has increased. The airline company “Nord Wind”, which performed flights on this route every 10 days until October 20, has changed the frequency of flights – now it is two per week. Flights are implemented in the interest of the "Pegasus Touristik"…