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11.10.2016

Turkey became the most popular foreign destination in Domodedovo airport in September

Turkey has become the most popular destination among abroad flights from Domodedovo airport (Moscow) in September. According to the press service of the airport - totally 100 flights were performed to Turkish resorts, "In September 100 charter flights were implemented to Antalya and Dalaman and the…

05.10.2016

Russian Union of Travel Industry (RCT): about 40% sales of travel agencies were to Turkey in September

“In September of this year Turkey destination accounted over 40% of total sales of tours”, - said the press secretary of RCT Irina Turina the portal "Interfax-Tourism", with reference to the data of travel agencies. "According to statistics of the joint network of “Hot Tours" and "TBG" companies,…

03.10.2016

Cruise tourists book more often with travel agencies and spend more money

IPK International and ITB Berlin examine cruise tourism trends – Europe accounts for around one-third of the market – above-average bookings with travel agencies In recent years cruises have become a boom segment of the travel industry. In 2015, around 22 million cruises were undertaken worldwide,…

30.09.2016

St. Peter Line announced about merger with the Italian cruise operator

Italian cruise operator Moby Lines entered into the capital of the Russian ferry operator St. Peter Line. The companies say about the actual merger of the two businesses. According to the St. Peter Line company's General Director Sergei Kotenev, the ferries remain in his company. Moby Lines takes the…

29.09.2016

Rosturizm: Egypt does not draw away the tourists from the Crimea

“The tourists, who get used to spend holidays in the Crimea, will unlikely exchange Peninsula resorts instead Egypt, in the case of opening it for the Russians”, - said the deputy head of the Federal Tourism Agency Alexei Konyushkov. "Yes, the outflow, of course, is possible, but the Crimea and Egypt…

28.09.2016

Russian tourists now apply for visas by-passing tour operators

The “Tripsta” experts interviewed Russian travelers and found out, visa of which country is easier to get. Thus, 64% of tourists said that they collect documents for visa independently without any outside support or tour operators, 18% seek help from the travel agency. At the same time most travelers…

26.09.2016

Three air carriers apply for international flights from Moscow's new airport

Ikar, Vim-Avia and Nordavia air carriers have applied for operating international flights from Zhukovsky airport in the Moscow Region, according to the documents released by Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) on Tuesday. The information on flights operated by those companies from Zhukovsky…

20.09.2016

The new countries appeared in the Top of New Year destinations.

And the average price of tickets decreased. This New Year's Top directions, which choose the Russians, has changed. These are data from the analysis of air ticket aggregator “Anywayanyday”, which analyzed the sale of direct flights from Moscow for the period from the beginning of the year till mid-September.…

19.09.2016

Outgoing flow fell by 13% for the first half of the year.

“The Russian outcoming flow decreased for the first six months 2016 by 13.1% in comparison to the same period of the last year and amounted 13.2 million trips”, - reported "Interfax" on Thursday September 8 referring to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (RosStat). According to the…

19.09.2016

EU: almost 70% of issued Schengen visas to Russians are multi-entry ones.

During the year after the introduction of biometrics in Russia, the share of Schengen muli-visa issued to Russian travelers increased by 10% and reached 68% of the total – informed the official Twitter of the EU Office in Russia. "In 2015 in Russia 3.4 million Schengen visas were issued, including…

16.09.2016

“Sochi” airport has improved the forecast of growth of passenger’s flow in 2016 by 22%.

"Sochi" international airport plans to serve more than 5 million passengers in 2016 - reported the press-service of "Basel Aero" company, which manages by all airports in Krasnodar Region. As it was informed, following the results of 2015 the passenger’s traffic reached 4.088 million people. Thus, this…

15.09.2016

ATOR: sales of holiday tours by tour operators in Russia have increased over 20% during the summer time

The tourist industry representatives appreciate the volume of growth of domestic tourist flow at summer time 2016 by 20% in comparison with the last year - the portal "Interfax-Tourism” was reported in the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) on Wednesday. Thus, the "NTK Intourist” company…

15.09.2016

Golodets: Crimea and the Caucasus will win competition for tourists against Turkey.

The opening of the tourist destination for Russian travelers to Turkey will accelerate the development of resorts in the Crimea and Caucasus - believes the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Olga Golodets. "This fact only increases the requirements for the infrastructure and development of…

14.09.2016

Rosturizm (Federal Tourism Agency) appreciated tourist season 2016 as a successful.

“Summer tourist season 2016 was successful, without force majeure and bankruptcies of travel companies”, - told reporters the head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov on Monday. “The season was stable, according to the previously planned regime, there were no extra returns, everyone, who wanted…

13.09.2016

Rosturizm is expecting the growth of internal tourists flow at 10-15% according to the results of the year.

“Rosturizm (Federal Tourism Agency) is expecting the growth of internal tourists flow until the end of 2016 by 10-15%”, - said the Head of the Agency Oleg Safonov on Monday. “The ruble fell against the euro and the dollar – it is important. But no one can deny the fact that the quality of the internal…

12.09.2016

Russian Union of Travel Industry (RST): the number of foreigners trips to Russia for the purpose of tourism increased by 10% in the first half year

“The number of trips taken by foreigners to Russia with the purpose of tourism in the first half of 2016 increased by 10% in comparison with the same period of the last year and amounted to 1.2 million” - the press-secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Turina reported the portal "Interfax-Tourism"…

31.08.2016

ATOR: after charter flights launching the cost of all inclusive week on Turkey resorts is 33 thousand rubles for two persons.

Russian tour operators offered tours to Turkey by charter flights with the price from 33 thousand rubles for two persons for a week on the base of "all inclusive" system - reported the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Wednesday. According to ATOR information, since September 6 the cost…

26.08.2016

ATOR: the price for tours to Thailand fell by more than 10% in dollars.

The average cost of a week tour to Thailand fell in August by 10-12% in dollars in comparison with the same month of last year - the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) informed on Friday. According to the report «the average cost of a week tour with departure from Moscow to Phuket now is $…

22.08.2016

Investigation of FlyDubai Boeing crash in Rostov-on-Don nearing completion

The investigation of the criminal case over the crash of a Boeing passenger plane of the FlyDubai air carrier at Rostov-on-Don airport is nearing completion, spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said on Monday. "The Boeing crash criminal case is practically at the final stage,"…

03.08.2016

Turkey lost $840 mln from dwindled Russian tourist flow — travel official

Turkey lost $840 million from a contraction in the tourist flow from Russia in the first half of 2016, according to data released by the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Tuesday. "As the Russian tourist flow has shrunk by 87% this year, Turkey has lost $840 million. Instead of 1.5 million…