ATOR (Association of Tour Operators of Russia) Executive Director Maya Lomidze summed up the preliminary results of the 2021 summer season, named the leading destinations and spoke about the trends in tourist demand.

According to ATOR analysts, the summer tourist season in 2021 was quite…

In 2021, Russian tourists massively fell in love with resorts for the rich, the demand for vacations in the Maldives and Seychelles has grown significantly.

According to statistics from the Ministry of Tourism of the Maldives, from January to June of this year, 124,6 thousand travelers from…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 18 780 cases of COVID-19 and 796 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 6 993 954 and 186 407 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Russia could see a renewed surge of the coronavirus…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 20 564 cases of COVID-19 and 762 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 6 747 087 and 176 044 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Russia will launch a nationwide lottery for citizens…

The border service of the FSB of Russia has published data on the departures of Russian citizens to foreign countries for January-June 2021. From the figures of the Border Service, it follows that in comparison with 2019 trips abroad with all the purposes of the visit decreased by 68%. The outbound…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 22 866 cases of COVID-19 and 793 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 6 447 750 and 164 881 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Russia saw more than 530 000 excess deaths between…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 24 072 cases of COVID-19 and 779 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 6 126 541 and 153 874 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Starting Aug. 9, Russia plans to resume flights…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 25 140 cases of COVID-19 and 710 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 5 808 473 and 143 712 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency has ordered…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 25 142 cases of COVID-19 and 663 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 5 585 799 and 137 262 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Moscow authorities announced that all patients…

Travel industry has faced very difficult times due to COVID-19 crisis. Before the pandemic tourism was one of the main sectors of international trade. Certainly, tourism will retain its positions as soon as the epidemiological situation is stabilized as traveling is many people’s passion, hobby and…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 20 538 cases of COVID-19 and 599 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 5 451 291 and 133 282 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Moscow authorities reimposed work-from-home restrictions…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 17 906 cases of COVID-19 and 466 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 5 299 215 and 128 911 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Russia will resume regular air travel with the…

Due to the closure of flights to Turkey, the debt of tour operators to Russian tourists, which has been accumulating since 2020 due to the worsening pandemic situation, has increased to 507,5 million Euros, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) reported.

According to ATOR, about…

The operational headquarters informed on the opening of air links with eight new countries. Once again, either little-demanded or closed for tourists destinations are opened. The number of flights to Egypt and Greece has increased.

Regular international air traffic with the following states…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 9 252 cases of COVID-19 and 404 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 5 044 459 and 120 406 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Russia’s Health Ministry’s Ethics Committee did…

At the moment, 47 countries are ready to receive Russian tourists. This is half of the complete list of countries that are more or less attractive for tourism. The list does not include a number of states in Africa, the Caribbean and Oceania, which are ready to receive tourists - due to the very low…

Every fifth Russian is ready to get a vaccination against coronavirus if this becomes the only opportunity to travel abroad, according to a survey made by the Research Center of the SuperJob.ru portal.

20% of Russians are ready to get a vaccination if this becomes the only opportunity to…

The Border Service of the Russian Federation has published statistics on the abroad departure of Russian citizens in January - March 2021. Compared to the same period in 2020, the total outbound flow decreased by 64,8%, and by 68,2% compared to the first quarter of 2019. The fall of the tourist flow…

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 8 790 cases of COVID-19 and 364 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 4 931 691 and 115 480 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

- Moscow has reported 3 818 new coronavirus cases…