Taking into account the stabilization of the situation in Abkhazia, March 14, the Russian Foreign Ministry cancelled the recommendations to refrain from traveling to the republic, which had been in effect since mid-November 2024.

According to Vice President of ATOR, General Director of the…

Yandex Travel users have already visited more than 100 countries since the beginning of the year.  The demand is growing for trips to Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The service's analysts studied tourism trends upon the request of Forbes and compared the results of the first half of 2024 with the…

Vladimir Putin signed a law on the obligation of State Duma deputies and senators to coordinate any travel abroad.

The document is supplemented by the norm that parliamentarians "are obliged to coordinate travel outside the territory of the Russian Federation, with the exception…

Despite the sanctions, difficulties in obtaining visas and the lack of direct flights, Russian tourists do not refuse to travel to Europe in the summer season of 2024.

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia interviewed its members to find out the demand for European beach and…

Representatives of Russian business made 15% more business trips abroad in the first three months of 2024 compared to the same period last year. However, the share of foreign business trips as a percentage of the total number of business trips by Russian companies did not change from the previous…

Russian travelers made 14 million trips in 2023 ( with the exception of post-Soviet countries). The increase to 2022 is 27.6%., About 8.1 million of these 14 million trips were organized by tour operators, according to ATOR's preliminary estimate. This is a 16.4% increase compared to 2022.

Making…

The flow of foreign tourists to Russia in 2023 increased 3.5 times and exceeded 670,000 entries, according to the data of the FSB border service. The leaders in the number of visits were tourists from China, Germany, Turkey and the UAE. In total, foreigners crossed the Russian border 15.4 million…

Several incidents this winter, when Russian tourists died abroad, gave rise to many rumors.

Russian Association of Travel Agencies interviewed the experts of Euroince Insurance Company (ex. ERV) According to the insurer; about 300-400 of Russian tourists die abroad in total per year. This…

The number of trips from Russia to Turkey in 2023 increased by 20% up to 6.31 million, approaching the record level of the pre-pandemic 2019 (about 7 million people). At the same time, last year season was one of the worst for Russian tourists in Turkey, as due to the price increase for accommodation…

Foreign holidays in February from a number of tour operators are cheaper by about a third compared to New Year's ones. For example, a 10-night tour to Thailand can be purchased for $ 1 802 instead of New Year's $ 2 590. Emirates are available for $ 1 126 for two persons.

Holidays in Thailand,…

The most popular destinations among Russian tourists in February and the average cost of actually purchased tours were presented by tour operators for ATOR. The main trend is stable - more than 84% of tours booked by organized tourists for February 2024 are in the list of the TOP-5 leading countries,…

As Alexander Osaulenko, Director of the Association of tour operators, said, outbound tourism by the end of 2023 will recover by 86-89% compared to the pre-pandemic 2019 indicators. 41 countries around the world are available to Russians on direct flights.

“If last spring of 2022, compared…

Europe remains a popular destination for Russian tourists for the New Year holidays. Italy and France are the most popular on the continent, the press service of the Russian Union of Tourism Industry (RST) reported.

“The flow of tourists to Europe is primarily hampered by the complexity…

More than 84% of tours booked by organized tourists for December 2023 are in 5 countries, including Russia, but the places of some leaders in the TOP 5 have changed again. Thailand has the highest average tour price in December, and tourist spending for tours to Egypt, the UAE and Turkey in December…

Demand for tours to Egypt in December is consistently high. More Russians are looking for holidays in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt than in Hurghada (55% versus 45%), but in real sales the shares of these resorts are equal - some tourists are reoriented to more economical Hurghada.

In December,…

Russian resorts are leading among popular destinations for the New Year holidays. More than a third of tourists plan to stay in the country. The average price for such a vacation is $ 994.

The second place is for the UAE (22%), and here the price for travel is already much higher - $ 3 443…

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia has identified the leading foreign destinations that Russians preferred for autumn holidays in 2023.

In autumn of 2023 the tourist flow of Russians to the main foreign tourist destinations amounted to about 4,2 million trips, which was 34% more…

Over the three quarters of 2023, the outbound flow from Russia amounted to 21 020 012 people, which is 12,4% higher compared to the same period in 2022.

As ATOR reports with reference to data from the Border Service, outbound tourist flow from Russia to the key foreign tourist destinations…

As statistics provided by travel agencies show, sales of tours abroad during the November holidays increased by approximately 32% compared to last year.

The most popular destinations where tourists and vacationers often book tours on the eve of the New Year are the UAE, Turkey, Thailand,…

In the summer of 2023, the organized outbound tourist flow from Russia increased by 15% compared to the same period in 2022.

“The situation in outbound tourism turned out to be more complicated than in domestic tourism. The demand was wave-like, influenced by transportation volumes, foreign…