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,…

While European countries are rapidly closing for Russian tourists, flights to the most massive destinations - to Egypt and Turkey - continue to be operated (with the exception of temporarily closed airports in the South of Russia). There are no prerequisites for closing these countries for Russians…

- Latvia will allow Russian tourists to enter the country from March 1 as long as they present a negative PCR test, authorities in the Baltic country announced. Previously, visitors needed a European vaccination certificate to cross Latvia's borders. While Latvian authorities haven't yet resumed issuing…

The pandemic has changed the attitude of Russians to various trips. 30% of respondents say that they have begun to be afraid of them, although they still have to go to other cities. The same number of respondents in the past two years have become less likely to travel, and one in five takes additional…

Egypt became the leader of the winter season 2021-2022 among organized tourists. At the same time, Russian resorts were in the second place, displacing Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. This is evidenced by the data of the online service for searching and booking tours Travelata.ru, collected on…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 125 836 cases of COVID-19 and 663 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 11 983 913 and 332 012 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- A growing number of Russian regions are re-introducing…

Both companies were founded in 1992 and are old-timers of Russian tourism. Panteon over the course of 30 years of work from a niche TO in Greece has grown into a significant player in the market of exotic destinations - the company has strong positions in the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Mauritius…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 27 129 cases of COVID-19 and 723 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 10 774 304 and 320 634 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Russia will delay controversial legislation…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 18 233 cases of COVID-19 and 811 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 10 537 966 and 310 518 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Russia recorded more than 115 000 excess deaths…

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) told about the prices for organized tours abroad during the New Year holidays. Among the leaders in terms of cost growth are Hungary, Mexico, Turkey, the Dominican Republic and Egypt.

ATOR provides data for tours with departures at the end…

About 7-8 million Russian citizens possess overdue debts in the quantities of more than 350 Euros. It is reminded that with such a debt, border guards do not allow travelers go to other states in the event of an injunction to travel, President of the National Association of Professional Collection…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 28 486 cases of COVID-19 and 1 133 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 10 131 646 and 294 024 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Russia has not yet provided all the information…

In January-September 2021, the total number of trips abroad of Russian citizens amounted to 15 321 243, which is 58,9% less than in the same period in 2019. Almost the same reduction occurred on the popular massive foreign destinations.

In January-September 2021, Russians made 6 713 133…

Tours for the New Year's holidays in 2021 are sold almost 10 times more actively than a year ago - there are practically no rooms at the popular hotels of the resorts of Egypt and the Maldives, the press service of the tour operator Tez Tour reported.

"The sales volume of tours for the New…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 32 648 cases of COVID-19 and 1 229 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 9 636 881 and 275 193 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday…