Tour operator Gold Line announced the suspension of operations, according to the press service of the Federal Tourism Agency. The company's website says that the suspension of operations is related to damages that the tour operator has suffered due to lower demand for tours. According to information…

The largest network of travel agencies in Ukraine Goryachie Tury (lit. Hot Tours) has stopped working, according to the website of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Monday.
Phones of the company written on their official website do not respond.

Goryachie Tury…

In exchange for the financial assistance of the European Union, Greece will have to implement a series of tough reforms. According to the publication of NBC News, the increase of taxes will also affect the tourism industry: VAT for cafes and restaurants will increase from 13% to 23%, for hotels -…

S7 Group member airlines summarized the results of their activity in May 2015. During the last month the S7 Group member airlines carried 894.5 thousand passengers – 12.9% more than in May 2014.

The growth was mainly indicated on domestic routes – on flights between Russian cities the…

Orenburg airlines (Orenair, a company of Aeroflot) decided to optimize its fleet due to the reduction of the tourism market and reduced demand for air travel in the country, according to the report of the company to Interfax. According to the annual report of Orenburg airlines, in coordination with…

In 2014, online sales of tourist services in Russia increased by 49% to 430 billion rubles. In June 2015, the representatives of Russian tourism industry and e-commerce market,the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), the Regional Public Center of Internet Technologies, and the Russian Association…

A deputy of the fraction United Russia Vitaly Milonov sent to the head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov a proposal to develop a code of behavior of Russian tourists abroad, according to the Russian newspaper Izvestia.

Rules should be developed…

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Russia's most prestigious educational institution for young people with international interests, the same time the University of the Russian Foreign Ministry) and online travel service Anywayanyday signed an agreement on global cooperation, according…

Russian tourists who are on holidays in Greece, did not feel any effects of the economic crisis in the country, the press secretary of Russian Tourism Ministry Irina Schegolkova reported on Thursday.

"We did not receive any complain from the tourists who are in Greece. We got phone…

From July 9, insurance company Soglasie starts paying tourists of tour operator Travelsystem. Financial guarantee of tour operator will be enough for 80% of the required payment, the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Turina commented to Interfax. The company Soglasie insured…

The Russian airports' VIP-passengers will now be standing in the general queue at passport control and pre-flight inspection, according to the newspaper Kommersant with reference to the decision of the Federal Security Service (FSB).
According to the publication, FSB insists at the closing…

Aeroflot - Russian Airlines can combine their airline subsidiaries under a single brand, as the head of Aeroflot Vitaly Saveliev said at the shareholders meeting on Monday.

"We have such a strategy: the premium segment remains for the Aeroflot. Meanwhile, we will increase the amount…

AEGEAN, a Star Alliance member, once more scooped the award for "Best Regional Airline in Europe" at the 2015 Skytrax World Airline Awards. The award took place on 16 June 2015 at the Paris International Airshow, and, as the organisers of the awards stated, AEGEAN maintained their dominance in Europe…

The EU hopes under certain conditions to return to a dialogue with the Russian Federation on the introduction of visa-free regime, the head of the EU Delegation in Russia Vygaudas Usackas said on Wednesday.

These negotiations (on the visa-free regime with the Russian Federation) stopped…

On June 22, 2015 the presentation of the joint project of the Amur Tiger Center and Transaero Airlines was held at Moscow Vnukovo airport. The project is aimed at drawing attention to the issues of environmental protection and conservation of rare and endangered species.

Within the…

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…