22 March 2019 - Thomas Cook Group announces that it has agreed to enter into a joint venture agreement with Ionic Invest, to buy the tour operator of Biblio Globus, one of the largest tour operators in Russia. The joint venture, in which Thomas Cook intends to assume a 30% minority stake, will give…

The Kingdom of Cambodia attracts tourists with its unique culture, beautiful nature, sandy beaches of the Gulf of Siam, relatively low prices for tours and food, the friendly and quiet nature of the indigenous population. 

According to official statistics, over the first four months of 2017,…

Brunei is a small Muslim sultanate-state on the island of Borneo in the South China Sea, bordered by Malaysia. Its area is about 6,000 square meters, and the population is just over 400,000 people. Brunei is visited by about a million tourists a year, mainly from Malaysia, China and Singapore. 

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ANEX Tour changes the terms of cooperation with tourist retail. It was said by the Deputy General Director of the tour operator, Yana Muromova on March 13 at the MITT exhibition. "From April 1, we will cancel the promo-rates," she announced. The travel agents, presented at the exhibition, responded…

“Thomas Cook buys Biblio-Globus tour operator, which is one of the five largest tour operators in Russia,” reports the Turkish edition TurizmGüncel, citing its sources in the industry. 

No details are reported. From the publication it follows that the transaction has not yet taken place…

In 2019 TUI Russia plans to send 1.3 million tourists for holidays, increasing two times its volumes and number of departure regions in comparison with 2018. The charter programs of the tour operator will be carried out from more than 20 cities of Russia. By the end of 2018 TUI Russia had 700 thousand…

The border service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has published data on the departure of Russian citizens abroad in 2018. According to the data, in 2018 Russian citizens made 44 551 092 trips outside the Russian Federation. This is 6,1% more than in 2017 (41 987 245 trips).…

Among Russian tourist Myanmar is less popular country in Southeast Asia. However, Myanmar (several years ago known as Burma) is successfully increasing tourism popularity, although not so fast as, for example, neighboring Vietnam,  

According to the official tourism statistics of Myanmar,…

Laos is a singular country of the Indochinese Peninsula, which has no coastline, so beach lovers have nothing to do here. Those, who are interested in untouched nature and treasures of ancient cultures, go to Laos. There are many beautiful Buddhist temples and palaces in Laos. Thus, the city of Luang…

Thailand is in the TOP 10 foreign countries visited by Russian tourists. According to the annually published data of Rosstat, Rosturism and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand, the country was visited by:

2015 year - 675,089 Russian tourists
2016 year - 866,597 Russian…

The Philippine Islands (there are more than seven thousand of them) are no once recognized as the most beautiful tropical archipelago in the world. Primordial nature, mountain ridges, volcanoes and cliffs, underground rivers, hot springs, caves and lakes, skyscrapers and colonial houses in Manila,…

This year Greece’s early booking program is more active than in the past. This was stated in the leading tour operators companies - Ambotis Holidays, ANEX Tour, Biblio-Globus, Mouzenidis Travel and TEZ TOUR. The growth in sales of different tour operators ranges from 10 to 46%. 

According…

Most Russian tourists said, when choosing a ski resort, first of all they pay attention to the height of mountains and weather conditions (50%) at the resort, as well as a variety of tracks for different levels of skiing (44%). These are the results of a survey, which was conducted by online booking…

Vietnam is in the TOP-10 foreign countries which are visited by Russian tourists. According to the annually published data of Rosstat (the Federal State Statistics Service) and Rostourism, as well as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam, the country was visited by the Russian tourists:

2015…

Africa is an extremely interesting, promising, but the most poorly developed tourist region. Among the factors, favoring the development of tourism on this continent, we can note the following:
proximity to Europe and Asia;
warm weather and a lot of sun all year round;
the presence…

Travel service Tutu.ru analyzed all the tours, purchased by the end of December 2018, with vacation dates from January 1 to December 31, 2018 and compared the results with the same period of 2017. 

The analysis showed that last year Turkey occupied the first position in popularity ahead…

“Nowadays the experts are noting a robust growth in demand by about 10% for winter holidays in all destinations,” the executive director of ATOR, Maya Lomidze said. However, the depth of sales in this winter season is significantly lower than in the past due to the difficult economic situation. Tourists…