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24.04.2018

Tour operator "Intourist" consolidates business

“The board of directors of Intourist-Thomas Cook joint venture has decided to consolidate all types of tour operator activity in one company - Intourist Tour Operator”, - reported the press service of the company. "The rapid growth of volumes in the segments of incoming, out coming and internal tourism…

23.04.2018

Tour operators have opened sales of ski tours for the next season unusually early

“Sales of ski tours for the season 2018/2019 began this year unusually early - already in April”, said the PR-director of Tez Tour operator Larisa Akhanova. "For the first time sales of ski tours starts in April. Ski tourists are the most disciplined and prudent customers, for them the priority is the…

19.04.2018

Turkey, Cyprus and Spain lead among foreign destinations for May holidays

“Turkey, Cyprus and Spain have become the most popular foreign holiday destinations for May holidays”, - said the Executive Director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze.

"Half of all the sold tours for May holidays are to Turkey resorts.…

18.04.2018

Sales of foreign tours decreased by 30-40% due to the fall of the Ruble exchange rate

“Foreign tours sales decreased by 30-40% due to the decreasing of the Ruble”, - said the Press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RCT) Irina Turina. "Sales on Tuesday fell by at least 10% and in some cases by 30-40%. This happened because of the collapse of the Russian stock and currency…

10.04.2018

S7 Airlines opens regular flights to Antalya

“S7 Airlines will start flights from Moscow to Antalya on May 27, 2018”, - the carrier's press service reported. Regular flights of S7 Airlines from Domodedovo airport to Antalya will be performed daily. Departure time from Moscow will be at 13:05, arriving time to Antalya airport - 16:40 of local…

05.04.2018

Which destinations will Coral Travel promote this summer?

In the summer season of 2018 Coral Travel will significantly expand the flight programs in four directions and increase the proportion of hotels with guaranteed quotas of rooms - in a number of countries - up to 94%. According to the company's data, in 2017 the total sales of package tours made by Coral…

04.04.2018

Matreshka Tour plans to start payments this week

Matreshka Tour operator is selling off assets for making payments to tourists, whose tours were canceled in the winter season. The tour operator Aurora BG has been sold, negotiations are underway to sell the retail network. On Friday it became known that the St. Petersburg company Aurora BG changed the…

30.03.2018

Media briefing on the occasion of the opening of the tourist office of Qatar in Russia

On March 29, 2018 in Moscow was held a media briefing on the occasion of the opening of the tourist office of Qatar in Russia. At the briefing with an analysis of the development of the tourism industry of the country discoursed the Ambassador of Qatar to Russia Fahad Bin Mohammed al Attiyah and the…

26.03.2018

Will Rhodes become year-round resort on the Russian market?

The Ministry of Tourism of Greece will promote the island of Rhodes as a year-round destination. The Russian tour operators working with Rhodes, as with the summer direction, doubt that the island will interest Russian tourists in the low season. And there are a number of significant reasons for this.…

23.03.2018

The most accessible foreign destinations for travel on March 8 are named

“Turkey, Cyprus and Bulgaria are the leading destinations among the most accessible foreign countries for the long weekend in March 2018”, - reported the press service of Biblio-Globus tour operator. "When compiling the rating of available foreign destinations for beach and excursion holidays we took…

23.03.2018

S7 Airlines will launch about 30 new flights in the summer schedule

“S7 Airlines will launch about 30 new flights in the summer schedule 2018. This schedule will be active from March 25 till October 27, 2018”, - reported the carrier. The route network of S7 from Moscow airport will expand in such directions as Bari, Olbia, Cagliari (Italy), Reykjavik, Tenerife, Antalya.…

16.03.2018

Russian Railways noted the growth of passenger traffic to China and Finland

Russian Railways notes the growth of passenger traffic to China and Finland. According to the company, in 2017 the number of long-distance trains on these routes increased by 23.7% (China) and 21% (Finland). In general, international transportation increased by 9.7% - up to 706.2 thousand people. Between…

16.03.2018

Ministry of Health: the number of Russians who go abroad for treatment has decreased noticeably for 2.5 years

“The number of Russians going abroad for specialized medical care has decreased several times for the past two and a half years”, - said the Head of the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation Veronika Skvortsova at the forum "Amazing in Russian Healthcare". According to the minister, the number of…

13.03.2018

Intourist plans to send 1.2 million Russian tourists for the rest in 2018

“Intourist Tour Operator expects to send 1.2 million Russians, including 100,000 tourists from Ufa city and Bashkortostan region, for the rest in Russia and abroad in 2018”, - said Alexander Musikhin the Deputy General Director of the company. According to him, Crimea, Sochi, Marmaris and Antalya (Turkey),…

12.03.2018

How much money do the Russians save by choosing All Inclusive system in Turkey

Russian tourists on holiday in Turkey spend less than Britons, Japanese and Australians. The Institute of Statistics of Turkey (TÜİK) published curious data about how many foreign guests spent during their vacation in the country. This statistics included only those expenses that tourists make directly…

05.03.2018

The countries of the Persian Gulf predict a sharp increase of the number of Russian tourists

By 2020 the number of Russian tourists should grow by 38% in the region in comparison with 2016. According to the results of three quarters of 2017, only in Dubai the tourist flow from Russia has already doubled. Oman also sees the growth of prospects. Such figures were announced in January at the…

27.02.2018

35% of destinations don't have tourism office in Russia

Russian Travel Digest has complied a list of all travel destinations available for Russians and has analysed how they are promoted, and if they have any representative office or person.

The Representations of the National Tourism Organizations (NTO), which operate…

20.02.2018

How many Russians went to the exotic islands of the Indian Ocean in 2017

Expensive “island exotica" is a demanded segment of rest for premium and VIP tourists in Russia. Totally in 2017 86,275 tourists from Russian Federation visited three premium exotic destinations of the Indian Ocean. The greatest increase of the tourist flow from Russia was demonstrated by Maldives, Mauritius…

16.02.2018

Departure of Russian citizens abroad. Official results of 2017

The final figures of border crossing of Russian citizens outside the country in 2017 are published on the portal of the United Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System (EMISS). The data were provided by FSB of Russian Federation. According to the data of FSB of Russia (its structure includes…