04.12.2017

Pobeda airline is going to fly from St. Petersburg to Spain, Italy and Germany
“Pobeda has made an application for flights to Girona, Cologne and Pisa from St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport. The company expects to open these directions in the summer of 2018”. - reported CEO of the carrier Andrei Kalmykov. It is noted, that if the company obtains the admittance, the low-coster will…
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04.12.2017

Charters in the summer 2018 will grow in price
Tour operators predict an increase of prices in the summer season 2018. The rise in price is also connected with an increase of the cost of charter flights. The cost of charter transportation in the upcoming summer season can grow. Experts note two key reasons. "Over the past six months we have noted…
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04.12.2017

How much the Russian tourist traffic to Europe increased in 2017.
In the report, devoted to the development of European tourism, which was prepared by the research company IPK International for the World Travel Monitor Forum in Pisa, the analysts predict an increase of the number of Russian tourists in the European region. As noted in the report IPK International,…
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28.11.2017

Tour operators report about record increase of demand for ski resorts
The increase of demand for ski tours market players estimated at a level of 30-50% against the same period of the last year. According to them, the growth of the tourist flow is accompanied by an active early booking since March 2017 and a good depth of sales - until March 2018 inclusive. Tour operators…
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27.11.2017

Russia and China stimulate tourism in Europe
Thanks to the restoration of the Russian market European tourism is also growing. According to the fresh European Tourists Commission (ETC) data, in the first eight months of 2017 32 of 34 European countries reported about an increase of the number of arrivals from Russian Federation. According to…
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24.11.2017

Demand for beach rest in India rose by 50% in the winter season
In this winter season market players note a significant increase of demand for beach holidays at the resorts of Goa and Kerala. Also mass tour operators are organizing their winter programs on this direction. This year in the organized segment of tourism the demand for beach India has grown by different…
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20.11.2017

ATOR: out coming tourism market in Russia will grow by 57% in 2017
“The out coming tourism market will grow by 57% in 2017, the leaders will be Turkey, Thailand, Spain, Cyprus, Greece and Italy”, - according to the data of Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). "In total, 11.62 million people will go to rest on the 10 most popular beach destinations in 2017,…
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16.11.2017

UAE, India and Cuba will be the most popular winter destinations among Russians
In the first two weeks about 400 agencies participated in the inquiry organized by the BANKO Service to determinate the most popular destinations and priority suppliers in the winter season - 2017/2018. By this time the responses of more than 330 companies located in Moscow and Moscow region have…
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14.11.2017

The number of visa-free countries for Russian tourists increased
The number of visa-free countries, available for Russian tourists, has increased in 2017. Now 74 countries are opened for Russians without visa. This number is added by the list of countries, which you can visit without a visa in advance, getting it just on arrival. Below is the new list of visa-free…
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14.11.2017

In the winter schedule S7 Airlines will start flights from Moscow to Rome and from St. Petersburg to Lyon
“S7 Airlines will launch a number of new flights in the coming winter flight schedule, in particular from Moscow to Rome, Bryansk and Lipetsk, from St. Petersburg to Lyon, Turin and Verona”, - the company's press service reports. Regular flights to Italian capital will be carried out daily from December…
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08.11.2017

Russian tourists will fly for the New Year holidays to Sochi, Crimea, Prague and Bangkok
“Sochi, Simferopol, Prague and Bangkok have become the leaders of demand among independent Russian tourists for a 10-day New Year holidays”, - according to Aviasales online booking service. According to the service, New Year's preferences of Russians have not changed against the last year. "Popular…
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08.11.2017

Azimut airline will come to the Russian charter market
The Russian airline Azimut intends to come on the charter market by the next summer season. The airline, which in August received an operator's certificate, has big plans for the development of its fleet and route network. On October 10, 2017 the carrier opened flights from Pulkovo on the most popular…
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07.11.2017

Russians are reorienting for excursion to Europe, Thailand and Vietnam
Yandex statistics for September indicate a general drop of the number of requests for "near" beach destinations and an increase of interest to non-beach Europe and to Southeast Asian countries. But Turkey this month is beyond competition. In September, the share of requests for tours to Europe increased…
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06.11.2017

Turkey, Cyprus and UAE lead the rating of destinations for trips with children for the autumn holidays
“Turkey, Cyprus, United Arab Emirates, Israel and Italy are included in the list of the most popular destinations for the holiday period”, - reports the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) with reference to the players of the tourism market. In the top list of foreign destinations for school…
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01.11.2017

Results of Summer Season 2017: Greece
Greece was considered as one of the most demanding destinations for Russians for 2017. As the season is almost over, Russian Travel Digest asked tour operators  to give comments regarding results for Greece. The statistics in diagrams and tables is provided by Sletat.ru,…
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31.10.2017

A struggle for the airplanes of bankrupted airlines has begun
After VIM-Avia leaving market, tour operators began actively looking for an opportunity to restore the loss of the company's aircraft by which they formed charter programs. So, at least, already two airlines, affiliated with providers of travel services, are considering the opportunity to purchase the…
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30.10.2017

Airlines "Nordavia" and Red Wings announced the merger
“The shareholders of Nordavia and Red Wings airlines decided to merge the companies and began preparations for the consolidation process under common management” – informed joint press release of the companies. "The purpose of the merger is to consolidate the business, which, among other things, will…
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25.10.2017

RST: in 2017 the flow of Russian tourists abroad increased by 30% and decreased by 4% in Crimea
“According to the end of September, the out coming tourist flow from Russia increased by 30% in comparison with the same period of the last year, Crimea - "lost" 4%”, - said the Chairman of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia, Vice-president of the Russian Union of Travel…
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20.10.2017

Full List of Russian Tour Operators by Destinations. Our new and free service!

According to the data of "Association of Tour Operators in the Field of Out coming Tourism "TURPOMOSCH", published on the Internet official website, in accordance with the current Russian legislation only in Moscow 322 tour operators are registered and operating.

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20.10.2017

NTK Intourist plans to create its own air fleet in 2018
“Tour operator NTK Intourist plans to create its own air fleet next season”, - said General Director of the company Viktor Topolkaraev. "We took this decision last year, but did not have time to perform it. The situation with VIM-Avia showed the rightness of such measure: a large tour operator must have…
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