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…

The most popular countries for summer holidays in 2022 are Turkey and the Schengen countries. In the third place in popularity are domestic tours in Russia. Such data was provided by AlfaStrakhovanie insurance company. Among the popular destinations are Israel and Georgia, as well as the United Arab…

The European Travel Commission (ETC) has released another Long-Haul Travel Barometer (LHTB), a study that provides insight into tourists preferences for the summer of 2022 (May-August).

According to the ETC study, due to the events around Ukraine and anti-Russian sanctions, the desire of…

Travel planning service OneTwoTrip found out where Russians would like to go on vacation in July. To do this, the company analyzed the data of air tickets search services with a departure in the middle of summer. Turkey is the most popular destination.

The top countries are as follows -…

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), was running last week from June 15 to 18. Over the last 24 years, the Forum has become a leading global platform for members of the business community to meet and discuss the key economic issues facing Russia, emerging markets, and the world…

Travel planning service OneTwoTrip determined which foreign destinations tourists traveled to most often this spring.

The largest increase among the top 50 popular destinations in comparison with the winter period was recorded for flights to Vietnam - more than 20 times. Next are India,…

For the majority of Russian tourists, vacations abroad remain as a dream - only 8% tourists will go abroad of the 47% who have planned vacation in the summer.

Such statistics were presented by a survey conducted by Otkritie Bank and the insurance company Rosgosstrakh. About 1 000 potential…

According to the sales of package tours in the federal network of travel agencies "1001 tour", in the TOP-5 countries in which Russians bought the largest number of tour packages with departures in June, Turkey occupies the first place (57% of all sales from "1001 tour").

In the second place…