Analytics - Russian Travel Digest

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…

21.11.2016

Russian individual travelers will celebrate New Year in France, Austria and Belgium

France, Austria and Belgium became the best in the ranking of the most popular European destinations for New Year. It is a conclusion of "Alpha Insurance" experts after analyzing the data of individual travelers’ policies online sales. Thus, the analytical center of the company had composed the rating…

14.11.2016

Russians are ready to shift dates in order to spend the winter holidays in hot countries

An inquiry of Moscow and regional tour agencies, offering NY tours, has showed a wide variation in the assessment of the current sales - from a significant plus to a significant minus. Moscow tourists lower spending on leisure, many of them will celebrate the New Year at home or shift the departure…

11.11.2016

What happened to the tourists?

Many representatives of the travel agency’s segment are now discussing a rapid decline in sales – the number of customers in travel agencies is noticeably smaller. Some say that this is a seasonal lull, it does not particularly different from the last year pictures. Others - on the contrary, believe…

10.11.2016

“TUI Russia” tour operator started selling cruises

“TUI Russia” tour operator started selling the popular cruise lines of the world’s operators”, - reported in the company's press service to the portal "Interfax-Tourism" on Wednesday. “The tour operator offers journeys “on turnkey basis", including air travel to the cruise starting point, insurance,…

04.11.2016

"Pobeda" requested flight permissions to Vienna, Prague, Istanbul and Goa

"Pobeda" has requested from Federal Air Transport Agency of Russia the flight permissions for regular flights from Moscow to Vienna, Prague, Istanbul, and also from Astrakhan and Yekaterinburg to Goa”, - told to "Interfax" the official representative of the airline on Wednesday. "In October the company…

03.11.2016

The top management of "Transaero" can create a new airline company

The "Transaero" management team in cooperation with the consultants had prepared "an effective and functional" plan of creation of the new airline company. "According to the regulations, the top management of the company should submit a plan to the committee of directors for approval. It will be done…

03.11.2016

"Pobeda" plans to lease five aircraft Boeing-737-800 in 2017

“The airline company "Pobeda" plans to lease five aircraft Boeing-737-800in 2017”, - said the general director of the company Andrey Kalmykov during a press conference at the press center in Rostov-on-Don on Tuesday. "We have increased the efficiency of flights much more. The average on establishment…

01.11.2016

"The best professionals in the tourism industry" were awarded in Moscow

The ceremony of awarding the winners of the All-Russian professional skill competition "The best professionals in the tourism industry" was held in Moscow on October 28. The ceremony was attended by the Head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov, Deputy Head of the Federal Tourism Agency Nikolay…

27.10.2016

Tour operators note the growth of sales of New Year holidays tours

“Sales of New Year's holidays are growing against the same period of the last year”, - the press service of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RCT) reported. "This autumn, the operators noticed the absence of negative dynamics and even the growth of New Year sales. And especially, the demand for…

26.10.2016

ATOR: on November holidays tourists choose Russia, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel and Southeast Asia

“Russia, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel and countries of Southeast Asia have become the leaders among the travel destinations of Russians on November holidays”, - said the representative of Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Monday with reference to the data of tour operators. "According to…

26.10.2016

Ski tours sold earlier and better than a year ago

Ski tours sold more actively than a year ago, and the selling started a month and a half before - since the beginning of September. Operators have optimistic view about the upcoming season. According to "Jet Travel" Deputy CEO Maxim Pristavco, now days sales are more than last year. The leaders are Austria,…

21.10.2016

Perm still has no regular flights to Europe in 2017

In 2017 Perm airport failed to find a carrier who is ready to open regular air communication with the regional center of Europe. Recently, the company received a negative response from Czech Airlines, in address of which previously send the proposal to resume flights to Prague in 2017. Now the airport…

21.10.2016

“Aeroflot" can sell the airline company "Rossia"

"Aeroflot" is ready to sell its largest subsidiary - the airline company "Rossia", - writes the newspaper "Vedomosti" with reference to the three federal officials. Previously, "Rossia" became the second air carrier in Russia: it included "Orenburg Airlines" and "Donavia". According to the newspaper,…

21.10.2016

Russians are willing to add the days of rest to the November holidays

This year sales of tours to the November holidays are more active than the previous year. According the operators, the pre-crisis volumes not yet been achieved, but the situation is quite encouraging. As the director general of "Turtrans Voyage" Dmitry Fomintsev said, that high demand on the date…

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

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

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

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

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

Tourist market in Russia will resume growth next year

Russian individual travelers will celebrate New Year in France, Austria and Belgium

Russians are ready to shift dates in order to spend the winter holidays in hot countries

What happened to the tourists?

“TUI Russia” tour operator started selling cruises

"Pobeda" requested flight permissions to Vienna, Prague, Istanbul and Goa

The top management of "Transaero" can create a new airline company

"Pobeda" plans to lease five aircraft Boeing-737-800 in 2017

"The best professionals in the tourism industry" were awarded in Moscow

Tour operators note the growth of sales of New Year holidays tours

ATOR: on November holidays tourists choose Russia, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel and Southeast Asia

Ski tours sold earlier and better than a year ago

Perm still has no regular flights to Europe in 2017

“Aeroflot" can sell the airline company "Rossia"

Russians are willing to add the days of rest to the November holidays

There are more countries and destinations with direct flights from Russia this summer comparing with the summer 2023.

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Opening of the International Cooperation Center with the UAE in the field of education

ITB China 2024 demonstrates increased interest in inbound and outbound tourism