Analytics - Russian Travel Digest

07.09.2017

ATOR: Turkey, Greece and Cyprus became the most popular destinations for Russians in the summer of 2017

“Turkey, Greece and Cyprus are in the list of the most popular destinations for Russians in the summer of 2017”, - said the Executive Director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze. "Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Spain, as well as Croatia, Montenegro and Italy are…

07.09.2017

The number of abroad trips of Russians increased by 30% for the first six months of 2017

“The number of trips made by Russian citizens abroad from January to June 2017 increased by 30% - up to 17.1 million”, - reported the Press-secretary of the Russian Tourist Industry Union (RCT) Irina Turina with reference to Rosstat data. The list of TOP 5 of the most popular destinations for Russians…

05.09.2017

Experts: a third of self-traveling Russians went abroad in the summer of 2017

The share of foreign travel among all trips of Russians in the summer of 2017 increased by 32%, according to the analysis of tickets search resource Aviasales. "In the summer of 2016 the share of air travel in Russia amounted 80% of the total number of bookings, this year the ratio of domestic and international…

01.09.2017

ATOR: the reason for the suspension of Ted Travel tour operator’s activity was active dumping

On its website tour operator Ted Travel announced on August 24 about the termination of activities due to the inability to fulfill its obligations for tourists and customers. “The reason for the suspension of the activities was the sale of tours at prices below the market average”, - the Association…

01.09.2017

Where the Russian tourists will rest in autumn season of 2017

The resource "Vestnik ATOR" interviewed tour operators and online aggregators of package tours and made a rating of the most popular tourist destinations for the autumn season - the period from the beginning of September to the end of October. The rating of the most popular directions of the autumn…

24.08.2017

Airlines of Russian Federation increased abroad transportation by 37% for seven months

“For seven months of 2017 Russian airlines increased volume of transportation by 20%, on international lines by 37%”, - said Svetlana Petrova, Director of the Department of Civil Aviation of the Ministry of Transport. "Over the seven months of this year Russian airlines transported 20% passengers more…

23.08.2017

Interest for tours to East Asia is growing in Russia

Such data follows from the statistics of search requests in Yandex for July, analyzed by the Analytical Service of ATOR. Over the past month the search interest for the countries of East Asia has grown by 12% and by 14% interest for Europe has fallen. As a result, the share of requests for East Asian…

15.08.2017

Tour operators reported about increase in demand for winter ski tours

“Sales of ski tours for the upcoming winter season are more active by 40-50% in comparison with the last year's figures”, - reported the electronic newspaper of the Russian Tourist Industry Union (RST) RATA-news. "Sales of ski tours for the upcoming winter season started earlier than a year ago. The…

15.08.2017

Aeroflot will fly to Hong Kong, Italy and Finland more often

The Interdepartmental Commission of Ministry of Transport of Russian Federation has authorized Aeroflot airlines to increase the frequency of flights to Hong Kong, Rome, Milan and Helsinki. As follows from the materials published on the website of Rosaviation, the carrier will now be able to fly to Hong…

08.08.2017

The Russian tourist flow to Vienna increased by 34% in the first half of 2017

“The number of night of Russian tourists in the hotels of Austrian capital was 211 thousand for the period January - June 2017, which is 34% more than a year earlier”, - it is according to statistics published on the website of the Tourism Board of Vienna. Among the most frequent visitors to Vienna…

03.08.2017

"Last minute tours" – it is not about Spain in the season-2017

Leading Russian tour operators report about serious increase in demand for Spanish…

03.08.2017

In June Russian airlines increased international transportation by 43%

“Russian airlines in June 2017 increased transportation by 20.2% for annual period (10.4 million people)”, - reported the source in Rosaviatsia. Domestic transportation increased by 7.4% up to 5.99 million passengers. International traffic grew by 43.4%, up to 4.42 million people. And passenger traffic…

31.07.2017

For the early booking of ski tours the greatest demand is for France. And hotels in Austria are gradually switching to direct customers

Early booking of ski tours for the season-2016/2017 is actively going on. Most applications are for January period after the New Year holidays, when prices fall significantly. Thus, in PAC GROUP sales of tours by the early booking program started in mid-June and today demand exceeds the last year's…

31.07.2017

Moscow Mayor's Office sells a share in Intourist with a discount of 30%

“The Moscow government again put up for sale 25.03% of stake in Intourist, trades are scheduled on September 20, 2017”, - according to the city's investment portal. The initial price of the asset is 990 million Rubles, although previously the capital expected to gain from the sale of its package 1.43…

31.07.2017

In Russia "All Inclusive" system has legalized. What are the differences between Russian and Turkish standards of “AI”?

It is interesting that Russia first legislatively gave a definition for "All Inclusive" and "Ultra All Inclusive" systems. We appreciated it together with the Turkish hotelier. The standards of “AI” and “UAI” systems will be put into operation this summer at the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory. Recommendations…

20.07.2017

"The Turkish factor" unaffected only on Thailand and Spain

This follows from the statistics of Yandex search requests in June, which was analyzed by ATOR's analytical service. In Yandex almost 40% of all requests for vacation were for Turkey and the number of requests for tours in all the other areas decreased, including Russia. In June 2017, Russian users…

19.07.2017

Tour operators have reduced programs in Russia due to low demand

“Tour operators are cutting summer programs and selling significantly less tours around Russia due to low demand”, - reports Commersant news paper referring to representatives of the tourism industry. Reduction of interest of organized tourists to rest in Russia is forcing tour operators and hoteliers…

18.07.2017

Tunisia will follow up a success of the last year

Tour operators report about increase of the average length of rest of tourists in Tunisia this year, but restrainedly estimate the prospects of growth in absolute numbers.

Flight programs

The press service of "Biblio Globus" tour operator reported that the…

10.07.2017

Russian tourists are again interested in Slovenia

Russians this year are more actively buying tours with rest and treatment in Slovenia than in the past. This is due to both the profitable course of the Euro and the active promotion of this direction by tour operators. Among tour operators the growth of sales of tours to Slovenia in June was from 15…

10.07.2017

Which islands of Greece are most popular among Russian tourists

Demand for Greek islands in this summer season has grown significantly, according to tour operators. Islands are at the pick of Popularity Most tour operators believe that island holidays in Greece this season are more in demand - even though hotels of approximately the same level on the islands…

ATOR: Turkey, Greece and Cyprus became the most popular destinations for Russians in the summer of 2017

The number of abroad trips of Russians increased by 30% for the first six months of 2017

Experts: a third of self-traveling Russians went abroad in the summer of 2017

ATOR: the reason for the suspension of Ted Travel tour operator’s activity was active dumping

Where the Russian tourists will rest in autumn season of 2017

Airlines of Russian Federation increased abroad transportation by 37% for seven months

Interest for tours to East Asia is growing in Russia

Tour operators reported about increase in demand for winter ski tours

Aeroflot will fly to Hong Kong, Italy and Finland more often

The Russian tourist flow to Vienna increased by 34% in the first half of 2017

"Last minute tours" – it is not about Spain in the season-2017

In June Russian airlines increased international transportation by 43%

For the early booking of ski tours the greatest demand is for France. And hotels in Austria are gradually switching to direct customers

Moscow Mayor's Office sells a share in Intourist with a discount of 30%

In Russia "All Inclusive" system has legalized. What are the differences between Russian and Turkish standards of “AI”?

"The Turkish factor" unaffected only on Thailand and Spain

Tour operators have reduced programs in Russia due to low demand

Tunisia will follow up a success of the last year

Russian tourists are again interested in Slovenia

Which islands of Greece are most popular among Russian tourists

Top travel destinations Russian tourists visited 2023

Usual way of living: Moscow Dive Show 2021

RBC announced that Russia has purchased 165 aircraft from foreign lessors

The 1st Punjab Tourism Summit and Travel Mart opens September 11 in Punjab, India