GENERAL INFORMATION

Since March 16, the Republic of Kazakhstan has a state of emergency, it will last until April 15. Its forbidden for the citizens of the Republic to leave the country during the specified period, the protection of public defense and especially important state and…

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On March 17, Ukraine introduced an emergency regime as measures for the non-proliferation of coronavirus. The measures will be valid until April 24. According to the Ministry of Health, on March 29, 418 cases of the virus were registered in the country, nine people…

The total spending of Russians for foreign travels in the summer of 2019 amounted to 1,501 billion Euros and in the New Year period (from December 15, 2019 to January 15, 2020) – 640 million Euros. Such data was provided by Sberbank Data project. Its analysts investigated the most popular travel destinations…

Tui Russia announced the cancellation of all tours to all destinations with a departure date from March 20 till April 30, 2020.

The company explained this decision by the recommendation of the Federal Tourism Agency to decline traveling outside the Russian Federation until the epidemiological…

The plan developed by the authorities is divided into four units. This is support and provision of basic necessities of the population; support of especially negative affected economic sectors; support of small and medium-sized businesses; system-wide measures. An anti-crisis fund of 3 billion euro…

On the Forex market, the Russian currency has reached record low values ​​over the past 4 years - 75 rubles per dollar and almost 86 - per euro amid falling oil prices. The calculations on the tourist market are based on the MICEX (Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange) rate. Representatives of travel…

In March, market participants predict an increase in sales of tours for May dates, which this year will be “long”: Russians will have holidays from May 1 to May 5, and three days from May 9 to 11.

According to aggregated estimates of tour operators, sales of sightseeing tours to Europe this…

The Border Service of Russia released the final data on the departure of Russian citizens abroad in 2019. Last year, the total exit flow increased by 7,9% compared to 2018 or by 3,5 million trips.

In 2019, Russian citizens made 22 333 490 trips (or 46,5% of the total exit flow) in countries…

The Border Service of Russia released the final data on the departure of Russian citizens abroad in 2019. Last year, the total outbound flow surged by 7,9% compared to 2018 or by 3,5 million trips.

According to the Border Service, in 2019, Russian citizens made 48 072 285 trips in 176 foreign…

Thailand has become the undisputed leader among countries where travelers from Russia fly this winter. So 19,7% of travelers who want to spend more than three weeks abroad, chose Thailand. Uzbekistan is in second place with share of 14,6% and Germany took the third position, where 9,8% of tourists…

Outbound tourism will generally show relatively light growth in 2020. The most noticeable increase will be in classical mass tourism segment, which includes mainly family holidays and holidays on an all-inclusive format, experts say

“The main factor determining the state of the tourism industry…

According to a survey of the tourist service Aviasales, in which 11 thousand people took part, the most popular country among “returning” Russian tourists is Turkey, a quarter of respondents chose it. Moreover, more than half of independent tourists choose Istanbul for their holidays, and 40% of all…

According to the local travel agents, a number of tour operators adjusted winter flight programs from St. Petersburg.

Thus, Biblio-Globus company, will not perform flight program from the Northern capital to Turkish Antalya after January 7 and until March 7, 2020. “And this despite the fact…

The experts of Tutu.ru online travel service analyzed the sale of air tickets to Europe for Christmas dates and found out which destinations became the most popular among Russians. The specialists analyzed the numbers of departures to European cities from any city of Russia.

According to…

Based on the statistics for the three quarters of this year, in 2019 the increase in the total outbound tourist flow in annual terms will be about 7%.

According to ATOR (Association of Tour Operators of Russia), more than 80% of Russian tourists choose beach destinations for holidays, so…

Russian tourists have become more likely to choose hotels with the themed concept of family or youth holidays, interest in them more than doubles every year, according to Tatyana Akbash, Tui Russia marketing director.

“Hotels with the concept of family and youth holidays are becoming more…

Over the past year, Russian tourists spent 15% more for travels than in the past. As the Executive Vice President of Retail and Travel Channels department of Amadeus company, Champa Magesh said, Russians are the leaders in terms of the growth rate of this indicator worldwide, ahead of China, Southeast…

Tourists, independently traveling abroad for the New Year’s date, favor this year Germany, Italy and Thailand. The TOP-5 also includes Spain and France. This rating was presented by the specialists of the Analytical Center of Alfa Strakhovanie (insurance company). It is based on the analysis of sales…

“The number of sea cruises’ tourists on the Russian market is growing annually by 30-35%. According to the results of 2019, the total number of passengers from the Russian Federation on international cruise liners should reach 100 thousand,” told Ilya Itkin, the CEO of Pac Group company. 
“We…