According to the statistics of sales of package tours of the 1001 Tour network of travel agencies, Egypt took the leading position at the end of March. This fact is natural, since at this time it is already comfortable to swim in the country’s resorts.

Shares of sales of tour packages for…

The Russian Union of Travel Industry (RST) named the most popular holiday destinations for Russian tourists in the summer of 2023. Turkey is the leader in the number of early bookings from tour operators.

"According to Fun&Sun, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Egypt, and Thailand…

Citizens of the Russian Federation made 23,2 million foreign trips with all purposes in 2022, of which almost 7 million were tourist trips. This conclusion follows from the statistics of the Border Service of Russia.

Most of these trips occurred in the third quarter of the year – 2,4 million.…

According to preliminary forecasts, at least 23,5 million Russians went abroad with all the purposes of their visits this year (10% more than in 2021). At the same time, about 40% of outbound flow falls on 17 destinations which have a tourist nature.

As per experts, in 2022 over 9,4 million…

The vice-President of RST (Russian Union of Travel Industry) Dmitry Gorin told which visa-free countries are of the greatest interest for Russians. Most often, Russians choose Turkey, Egypt and Thailand as destinations for holidays without visa.

“Russians can fly for vacation without a visa…

The cost of foreign tourism services in the Russian Federation in 2022 jumped up to 1,7 times (by 70,68%) with a general inflation for the year at the level of 11,94%, according to materials published by Rosstat (Federal State Statistics Service).

A year earlier, in 2021, foreign tourism…

The share of foreign destinations in the outgoing 2022 in the purchase of air tickets was 14%. The destinations of the near abroad, as well as Turkey, are in the lead.

However, tickets to Europe, for obvious reasons, have risen in price even more. Such statistics were presented by Tutu travel…

Tour operators record a significant decrease of the demand for tours to Europe for the New Year holidays and in general for the winter season 2022-2023. There are three main reasons: difficulties to obtain visas, blocking of Russian bank cards abroad, as well as the lack of direct flights.

The…

The interest of Russian tourists in winter recreation areas has changed dramatically. According to the latest data, the Russians will spend the New Year holidays in Turkey. Earlier, Egypt has traditionally been a massive budget winter destination for the New Year with a warm sea and sunny weather…

The Border Service of the FSB of Russia has published data on outbound foreign trips of Russians for the three quarters of 2022. The ATOR Analytical Service studied the statistics of the Border Service and popular tourist countries, compiling the TOP foreign countries visited by Russian tourists in…

Currently, Russian tourists can fly by direct flight to the following popular tourist countries:

1. Bahrain: direct flights from Moscow on Gulf Air. The price of a tour with a flight and accommodation at a 4* hotel, BB is from $ 4 009 for two persons for 7 nights.
2. Belarus: direct…

“Tourism will develop!” - Julia Kuzenskaya, Deputy chair, Committee for Tourism Development of St.Petersburg spoke during the press-conference devoted to development of medical tourism of Petersburg International Health Forum, which took place at Expoforum 26 of October 2022. Experts from…

Compared with the end of September, the cost of air tickets for flights from Russia to abroad has decreased by 4-10 times, depending on the destination.

A month ago, the travel industry faced a boom in demand for tours and air tickets abroad. Prices have increased 3-5 times compared to the…

Sales of tours abroad by tour operators decreased by 15-30%.  About 30% of booked tours of travel companies were canceled, according to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR).

“At the current moment, tour operators estimate the overall decline of sales at the level of 25-30%.…

Held in Moscow annyally, OTDYKH Travel Market is Russia’s leading travel and tourism event. In 2022, OTDYKH celebrated its 28th edition. It ran from September 13th to 15th in Expocentre Fairgrounds in Moscow. This year 300+ both domestic and international companies participated from 40 Russian regions…

Travel planning service OneTwoTrip has defined popular New Year destinations in Russia and abroad, for which tourists have already begun to purchase air tickets. To do this, the company analyzed the data of customer bookings with departures from December 31 to January 8.

For the January…

An analysis of the booking statistics of Russia's largest tour operators showed that about 3,5 million Russians went on vacation abroad during the summer season, which is 50% less than before the pandemic in 2019.

"According to preliminary estimates, about 3,5 million Russians went abroad…

The Border Guard Service of Russia has published fresh statistics on the departure of Russian citizens abroad in the first half of 2022. In total, in January-June 2022, citizens of the Russian Federation made 8 453 846 trips abroad.

This is almost a quarter (+24,55%) more than in January-June…

Despite the sanctions, the demand for travel to Europe among Russian tourists has grown. Such data was provided by the insurance company Rosgosstrakh. According to the company's report, the demand for insurance policies to the Schengen countries grew by 7% this summer.

Judging by received…

Tourists from Russia mostly prefer to accommodate at 5-star hotels. This is primarily concern Turkish and Egyptian destinations for recreation. This variant of stay is in the most demand. As a result, this summer the share of those wishing to spend their holidays in the most comfortable conditions…