Hanoi, Warsaw and Sharm el-Sheikh became the most accessible destinations for city break tours for Russian travelers, according to the study of TripAdvisor. The annual study TripIndex Cities compared three-day stay in the period from June to August in 40 key urban tourist centers of the world. It…

Russian Tourism Agency and Aerofuels group of companies signed an agreement to provide discounts on fuel for Russian air carriers flying within the country, the Federal Tourism Agency website said on Friday. Memorandum of cooperation was signed at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The State Duma of Russia at the meeting on Friday passed in the third reading the law which fixes the minimum amount of medical insurance to be provided for traveling abroad at the level of 2 million rubles (about 37 thousand US dollars, or 32.8 thousand euro). "The document was developed in order…

Lufthansa Airlines suspends flights to Samara, Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow (Vnukovo airport) from Frankfurt, the air carrier said in a statement.

"Unfortunately, the current economic situation does not allow to keep flying at the proper level of profitability. However, Lufthansa will…

Prague and Sochi were the most popular destinations among Russian users of online hypermarket DaTravel.com for the June holidays devoted to Day of Russia (June 12), the press service of the company reported to Interfax.

Leaders on the number of tickets sold online on DaTravel.com…

Armenia, Georgia, Lithuania, and Latvia offer the cheapest tours for holidays in summer 2015, according to the the study of online travel market DaTravel.com.

In addition to these countries, in the list of budget destinations there are Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, and…

In April, 2015, 135 thousand Russians refused to go for holidays abroad. The experts predict that by the fall 2015 there will be ten times more. Total in 2014, the outgoing tourist flow from Russia amounted 13 million people. About 60% of them (7.8 million people) traveled in summer period, according…

Summer vacation in Russia will cost tourists from Russia an average 3.2 thousand rubles for accommodation per day, which is 30% less than abroad, the press department of tourist service Travel.ru reported, after analysis of the number of planned trips .

Top 10 countries among Russians…

MOSCOW. May 26. INTERFAX-TOURISM - Demand for expensive overseas trips was hardly affected by the economic crisis, in some areas the sales of tour operators are even better than the year before, he press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurina reported.

"The…

Some foreign airlines are about to leave the Russian market under the current conditions of reduction in demand for international transportation, and some airlines reduce the flight programs, the deputy head of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Valery Okulov said on transportation…

Audit commission of Tourpomosch (association of tour operators for outbound tourism) failed to establish the exact number of tourists, evacuated from abroad in 2014 after the bankrupts of tour operators , the chairman of the association Natalya Kitova said at a general meeting of the association committee.

According to the statement of ATOR, the main reasons are difficult economic situation, reducing of demand for tours and difficulties in obtaining financial guarantee.

The number of tour operators working in the field of outgoing tourism, compared to the 2014 year has been decrease…

Airport of Lipetsk, on Friday opened international flights, the head of administration of the Lipetsk region, Oleg Korolev, said. The first flight was operated to Italy on the route Lipetsk - Milan - Lipetsk.

 

Starting from December 2015, Thailand plans to issue multiple entry tourist visas for a period of six months or a year, the publication of Asia One said referring to the statement of the new Minister of Tourism of the country.

Today, Russian citizens do not need visas to Thailand, if…

Sales of flight tickets to international destinations in Russia have dramatically dropped last winter due to the depreciation of the ruble against the dollar and the euro. But after strengthening of the Russian national currency, the sales are going back to the level of 2014, according to the study…

On Thursday, 21.05.2015, on the general meeting of the members, Alexander Osaulenko was elected the new Executive Director of Tourpomosch, the association of tour operators in outgoing tourism. Previously he worked on the position of deputy director of Tourpomosch.

"The first steps…

Vladivostok Airport in the summer can start receiving the largest passenger aircraft in the world A380, which is planned to be operated on the route Moscow - Vladivostok by Transaero airline, as the press department of the Governor Vladimir Miklushevsky reported.

Airbus A380 is the…

Tour operators say about 50% reduction of demand for tours to Spain, meanwhile online booking systems note growing interest for this destination among independent travelers.

"According to estimation of tour operators, the fall in demand for Spain for this season reaches 50%. Although,…

From May 18, the Moscow children under the age of 14 can get a passport within one day, the press service of the Federal Migration Service reported.

The ministry said that the purpose of such action is "to help citizens to save time on preparation of documents before traditional summer…

The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the Ministry of Finance to maintain a zero rate of VAT on domestic air transportation of passengers to/from the Crimea and Sevastopol, the site of the Russian government says.

"Russian Ministry of Finance has to preserve tax…