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…

Russian tourists named the countries where they would like to go most of all in the absence of restrictions. The top three are Italy, Turkey and France, according to the NAFI analytical center.

The Russians also named (in descending order) China, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Spain, Thailand, USA,…

Among foreign countries, Armenia, Tajikistan and Turkey were the most in demand in early May.

However, the demand for flights to Armenia decreased by almost 60%, while to Tajikistan, on the contrary, it increased significantly: a year ago, during this period, the restoration of air communication…

The Border Service of the FSB of Russia published statistics, according to which in the first quarter of 2022, Russians made 3,88 million trips abroad with all purposes.

As per the Border Service, the statistics of the leading destinations are as follows:

Abkhazia (744,5 thousand…

When choosing a place for a future holiday, Russians are now guided not so much by political motives as by security issues. Many still remember how all borders were closed due to the coronavirus and people had to spend huge sums to return to their homeland.

We recently faced a situation…

According to Federal Antimonopoly Services (FAS) of Russia Booking.com paid a fine of 1.3 billion rubles (ca. 17 mio USD). The case against Booking.com was initiated after an appeal by Opora Rossii  an organization representing small and medium sized businesses. FAS had warned the online accommodation…

Last year, Russian citizens made more than 10,1 million trips abroad for tourism purposes. In 2021 Russians had access to trips to 32 foreign countries, the outbound flow to which from Russia was allowed.

In total, Russian tourists made 10 105 069 trips for tourism purposes, which was 47,2%…

Against the backdrop of an unprecedented geopolitical crisis, which resulted in a depreciation of the ruble, an increase in prices for tours abroad, as well as a halt of air traffic to most foreign destinations, Russians began to buy tours abroad much less.

According to the federal network…

The demand for foreign holidays during the May holidays is still behind the pre-Covid 2019 period by about 10%. The most popular destination for Russian tourists during this period is Turkey, said Maya Lomidze, executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR).

“Nowadays,…

According to the aggregated data of tour operators, which were studied by the ATOR Analytical Service, the volume of bookings of package tours abroad decreased by 3,5 times. This is the same as it was at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic two years ago.

As of the ATOR Analytical Service,…