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31.01.2017

The owner of "Severstal" Alexey Mordashov has increased his share of stocks in TUI Group

Russian investor Alexei Mordashov, the chairman of the board of directors of "Severstal", has expanded his participation in the largest travel company in Europe. Only for the last two weeks the oligarch bought shares in TUI Group in the amount of approximately 24 million Euro. This was reported by the…

26.01.2017

Prague, Vienna and Budapest have become the most popular destinations among Russians at the February holidays

“Prague, Vienna and Budapest are on the leading positions in the list of the most popular European destinations for Russians at the upcoming February holidays”, - according to the data of Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). "In the biggest demand for these dates are tours to Budapest and…

19.01.2017

Tour operators predict a rise in demand for holidays in Spain in 2017

“The number of Russian tourists visiting Spain may rise in 2017”, - said the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Tuesday. "According to the tour operators, this year the number of Russian tourists to Spain may increase. At least, the sales volume of the early booking program to Spain…

19.01.2017

Russian Railways: passenger transportation to the far abroad grew by 8.5% in 2016

“In 2016, 8.5% more passengers traveled to foreign countries by train in comparison with the year before”, - reported the press-service of JSC "Russian Railways". The number of passengers, who used the long-distance trains, amounted more than 641 thousand people. "The greatest growth is noted on the…

17.01.2017

Ministry of Transport: the selling of "Rossia" airline may be after its achievement of profits

“The selling of "Rossia" airline is suitable only after its achievement of profit or at least breakeven result”, - said the Russian Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov on Friday. "Of course, to sell loss-making company is inappropriate. First we need to achieve good results of a profitable operation, after…

16.01.2017

"Pobeda" airline has requested the Russian aviation about allowances for flights to Rome and Alanya

"Pobeda" has sent an application to the Federal Air Transport Agency for admission regular flights from Moscow to Rome and Alanya”, - said a source familiar with the situation on Thursday. “We are talking about flights to the airport "Fiumicino", located 15 km south-east of the center of Rome and the…

12.01.2017

The residents of the Murmansk region have traditionally preferred to spend the holidays in Finland

“The residents of the Murmansk region during the Christmas holidays visited mainly Finland”, -according to the materials of Murmansk customs. In total, according to the ministry, from 30 December till 8 January Finland and Norway were visited by 18.6 thousand people, which is 4.6% below the last year's…

11.01.2017

ATOR: the out coming flow of tourists from Russia at New Year has rose for the first two years by 10-15%

“For the first time since 2014, the tour operators noted an increase of out coming tourist flow at New Year holiday against the last year”, - said the Executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze on Tuesday. "In comparison with the last year it has increased…

29.12.2016

Expert: Turkey will compete with Russian resorts offering low prices for summer season

“Turkey now looks like a competitor for the Russian destinations because the country's tourism industry will make a particular emphasis on the Russian market in 2017 and offer discounts”, -said at a press conference the General director of "Intourist" Victor Topolkaraev on Monday. "The flight Moscow…

29.12.2016

Reduction of out coming tourist flow from Russia amounted 20% for the year

“The reduction of out coming tourist flow from Russia is continuing the third year, as a whole it is about 20% for 2016”, - told the vice-president of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RCT) Yuri Barzykin on Monday "The main challenges we face - is the need to stimulate consumer demand, the product…

23.12.2016

ATOR: Thailand, Vietnam and UAE are the leading destinations among Russian for Christmas holiday

“Thailand, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Europe ski have become the most popular New Year holidays foreign destinations”, - said the Executive Director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze on Wednesday, She said that the style of vacation on overseas destinations…

22.12.2016

Putin discussed resumption of air links with Egyptian President

“Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Egyptian counterpart Abdelfattah Sisi, the parties noted that the results of work concerning air safety give reasons for near resumption of air traffic between the two countries”, - reports the Kremlin press service. "During the exchange of views…

22.12.2016

ATOR named the most popular holiday destinations among Russians in 2016

“According to preliminary data, Greece, Spain, Turkey, Thailand and Cyprus have become the most popular holiday destinations among Russian tourists in 2016”, - told the executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze on Wednesday. "This year Greece will be the…

21.12.2016

Tour operators note an increase of early bookings for the summer season

Tour operators note a significant intensification of the early booking for the summer season 2017. Thus, according to data provided by «Biblio Globus" to the professional portal TourDom.ru, the preliminary reservations for tours up to mid-December are far ahead of the indicators of a year and two years…

20.12.2016

The head of UNWTO: Russians will be the leaders in the recovery of tourism in Egypt

“Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey, which show today an outflow of foreign tourists, will restore their tourist flows in future, and the Russians will play a key role”, - said the Head of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Taleb Rifai in an interview to "Bulletin of ATOR". "I am absolutely convinced that…

20.12.2016

Altai plans to create tourism cluster together with the UAE with an investment of 2 billion rubles

“Altai Republic and UAE plan to create health resort tourism cluster”, - reported the head of the republic Alexander Berdnikov on Friday in Novosibirsk. "I had negotiations with the Minister of Tourism of United Arab Emirates, the volume of planned investments of the parties for the implementation…

12.12.2016

Russians choose Goa, Phuket and Krasnodar region for New Year's holidays

“Goa, Phuket and resorts of Krasnodar region are the leaders among the search requests of Russians for New Year's holiday”, - reported the web-service of price comparison - Sletat.ru. According to Sletat.ru, tourists, choosing NY tours, often looking for options for holidays in Goa (9.73% of search…

09.12.2016

The Russians are the world's leaders by the number of received Schengen visas

In 2015 Russian tourists have got Schengen visas more than the tourists from another countries of the world. At the same time the number of failures for the Russian Federation citizens in the issuance of visas was one of the most minimal - 1.3%. This was reported by European External Action Service. "In…

06.12.2016

Tour operators predicted the returning of Turkey to the sales leaders in the summer of 2017

“Tour operators evaluate Turkey's position at the summer season 2017 as a very confident”, -reported the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) on Monday. "The most of the leading tour operators have already opened early booking tours to Turkey for the summer season of 2017 and the first sales…

21.11.2016

Tourist market in Russia will resume growth next year

The demand for organized tourism, which was fallen rapidly over the past three years, may start to increase again in 2017 thanks to foreign destinations. “In 2017 the number of organized Russian tourists can grow by 15% (7.5 million people)”, - predicts Promsvyazbank in its report. According to its…