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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…

17.06.2016

Aeroflot Group plans to finish 2016 with profit — company's head

The Aeroflot Group plans to end 2016 with a profit under Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), said Head of the Aeroflot Group Vitaliy Saveliev told reporters on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday. The company…

22.03.2016

The number of travel agencies in Russia reduced by 30% over two years

The number of travel agencies, operating in Russia, decreased by around 30% over the past two years, the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurina reported. "The decline in demand for international trips, a reduction of charter programs, the closure of Turkey and Egypt…

21.03.2016

Vnukovo airport decreased passenger traffic in February by 23%

In February 2016, Vnukovo airport decreased its passenger traffic by 23%, to 690 thousand people, according to the information of the airport. On domestic routes index increased by 6.4% to 576.1 thousand people, on international it dropped by 67% to 114.3 thousand. The most popular international destinations…

21.03.2016

Most of passengers of crashed Fly Dubai flight were tourists

«Most of passengers of flight FZ981 crashed on Saturday in Rostov-on-Don, were tourists, according to the information of Russian Union of Travel Industry. Natalie Tours had the biggest amount of seats on this flight. "The aircraft is designed for 180 seats, it was downloaded for less than a third,..»…

19.03.2016

Boeing of FlyDubai crashed in south Russia

A total of 61 people, including the crew, who were on board a Boeing 737-800 passenger jet bound from Dubai, were killed in a crash in southern Russia’s Rostov-on-Don airport. "According to specified information, there were 55 passengers and six crew members on board," a source said. "According to preliminary…

15.03.2016

In two years, the number of outgoing tour operators dropped three times

A number of outgoing tour operators in Russia for two years has decreased three times, the executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze reported.

In 2014 there were about 2 000 outgoing tour operators in Russia, now there are only 600," Lomidze…

15.03.2016

Reduce of tourist flow from Russia in 2015 was the biggest in 18 years

Foreign travel for tourism purposes in 2015 decreased by 31.3%, to 12.1 million tourist trips. This is the most serious fall since 1998, the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Turina said with reference to the data of Russian Statistics Service. Until the last year, the…

14.03.2016

ATOR predicts growth of tourist flow from Russia to some international destinations

Tourist flow this year will grow to some international destinations, but still will not reach indicators of years 2013 - 2014, the executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze said. "According to the results of early bookings and subject to current economic…

14.03.2016

In February, Russian air companies for the first time within five months increased transportation of passengers

"Passenger traffic grew by 0.2% and amounted to 5.121 million passengers, mail and freight transportation increased by 0.1% - up to 73.445 tons. In comparison, in February of the last year 5.112 million passengers and 73.364 tons of cargo and mail were handled," the message of the Federal Agency of Air…

14.03.2016

Outgoing flow of tourists from Russia will not exceed 6 million in 2016

Outbound tourist flow from Russia in 2016 will not exceed 5.5-6 million people, the General Director of Intourist Victor Topolkaraev said at a press conference on Wednesday. "We expect a further fall in outbound tourist traffic. If we had about 17 million in 2014, then in 2015 it was only 12 million…

08.03.2016

In 2015, Russians received by 50% less international passports than a year earlier

Federal Migration Service (FMS) of Russia in 2015 issued 50% fewer passports than a year earlier, according to data posted on their web site. Over 2015, FMS has issued 3.79 million international passports. At the same time in 2014, the following documents were received by 7.45 million Russians. Thus,…

07.03.2016

Number of countries where Russians can travel without visas, increased during the year to 105

For one year, Russia rose from 49-th to 48-th place in the ranking of visa restrictions (Visa Restriction Index 2016), compiled by Henley & Partners statistical agency. Statistics are kept since 2006. This year, Russians will be able to travel without visas in 105 countries out of 218, while in 2015…

05.03.2016

Key events of 2015 for the Russian tourism

The year 2014 became for the Russian tourism business one of the most difficult in its history. Travel professionals looked for 2015 with cautious optimism, expecting to change the black stripes on white. But the last year did not meet these expectations: everything has become much worse in the…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aeroflot Group plans to finish 2016 with profit — company's head

The number of travel agencies in Russia reduced by 30% over two years

Vnukovo airport decreased passenger traffic in February by 23%

Most of passengers of crashed Fly Dubai flight were tourists

Boeing of FlyDubai crashed in south Russia

In two years, the number of outgoing tour operators dropped three times

Reduce of tourist flow from Russia in 2015 was the biggest in 18 years

ATOR predicts growth of tourist flow from Russia to some international destinations

In February, Russian air companies for the first time within five months increased transportation of passengers

Outgoing flow of tourists from Russia will not exceed 6 million in 2016

In 2015, Russians received by 50% less international passports than a year earlier

Number of countries where Russians can travel without visas, increased during the year to 105

Key events of 2015 for the Russian tourism

The preferences of Russian cruise tourists have changed over the past three years

Karnataka Tourism greeted travel professionals in St. Petersburg

Health & Wellness tourism: myths and reality

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