According to preliminary forecasts by ATOR analysts, this summer the volume of outbound tourist flow to popular foreign tourist destinations will grow by 24.8% year-on-year.

Space Travel notes that early booking of summer vacations this year is almost twice as successful as last year. The…

According to the Border Service of the Russian Federation, in the first quarter of 2025, 228851 foreigners visited Russia for tourism purposes. This is 4.62% more than in the first quarter of 2024 (218,750 people), but almost 2 times less than before the pandemic (almost 470 thousand tourists in the…

The volume of the Russian outbound tourism market this year may increase by 5-8%, and the domestic market by 10-15%, according to article written by Kommersant. In real terms, the indicators, based on analysts' data, will reach 28.4-29.2 million…

On April 23, the French visa center in Moscow stopped accepting old-style passports from Russians. However, there was no information about this on its website or on the page of the French consulate. Travel agencies were also not officially notified. Later, screenshots of letters from the center's…

According to OneTwoTrip Italy is the most popular destination among tourists — 31.4% of Russians plan the holidays in in Italy this year. 

«France (19.5%), Spain (13.0%), Germany (5.4%) and Greece (4.9%) are also of interest. 67.3% of travelers said that their plans were affected by the…

The number of hotel bookings and sales of tours abroad increased sharply against the background of the strengthening of the ruble. The favorable rate encourages tourists from Russia to plan future trips, thanks to which tours for autumn and winter are sold, experts say.

According to SberCIB,…

Antarctica is rapidly gaining popularity among cruise tourists all over the world. The share of Russians is also growing, although in Russia this destination still remains exotic of the highest order.

The main tourists in Antarctica are US citizens - according to the International Association…

Russian tourists are increasingly booking sea voyages abroad. They are not afraid of difficulties with visas, flights and not always convenient payment methods. Thus, this season, the demand for European and Asian cruises has grown significantly. Those airliners where it was possible to organize a…

Russians named the countries they consider the safest and most dangerous for tourism. The survey was conducted by the Renaissance Insurance Group and Ozon Travel.

Belarus was recognized as the safest country for travel, which was indicated by every second respondent (51%). The top three…

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,…