Nordwind Airlines will transport more than 12 thousand Russian tourists to the Thai airport of Surat Thani province, from which it will be possible to reach the hotels of Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao. The charter flight program will last from December 27 to April 22 and is designed for 32 flights…

The total number of foreign tourists arriving in Sri Lanka in October, fell by 22,5% to 118 743 holidaymakers, compared with October of the previous year. The fall is a result of the terrorist attacks this spring. 
The October decline was not as significant as the September one. As the Sri…

From November 16, another East Asian country, Japan, will appear in the booking system of the tour operator Anex Tour. The tours are planned with a departure from 7 cities of Russia and offered for affordable prices - from 2 343 Euros for two persons, including air transportation. 
According…

For the first time this year, the Russian tourist flow in January-September (58 306 people) has exceeded the figures of the three quarters of 2013 (54 422), which was previously considered to be the highest in terms of Russian arrivals to the Maldives. 
According to the results of three quarters…

According to the estimates of adviser of the Japanese Embassy on economic issues Yoshinori Takazawa, mutual tourist flow between Russia and Japan will reach at least 400 thousand by 2023, 200 thousand travelers from each side. 
"The flow of tourists will be almost doubled in five years. We…

Tour operators note a recovery in demand for tours to Sri Lanka. The growth in sales is connected with the abolition of visa fees and the policy of island hoteliers: special offers’ discounts amount to 25-35% of last year level, sometimes reaching 50%. 
Anex Tour also says about high demand…

Tui Russia has changed plans for Sri Lanka. The tour operator terminated the previously announced flight program to Colombo Airport, which started on October 26 and planned to be ended on April 27, 2020.  Earlier, Tui Russia for the first time entered the destination with its own charter program on…

According to the Russian representative office of the country's tourism ministry (VITO Russia), from January to August 2019, 98 300 Russian tourists visited Indonesia, which is 18% more than the same period last year.  The Ministry of Tourism of Indonesia is confident that direct flights between the…

Some tours from Moscow to Thailand on the first flights of the winter flight schedule of tour operators are sold at the cost of air tickets. So, a 10-day tour in Phuket with departure from the Russian capital on October 30 will cost 49 000 Rubles (692 Euros) for two persons. For the same price you…

The recently appointed head of Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturizm), Zarina Doguzova, says in an interview that Russia wants to position India as a top-priority tourist market. 
Doguzova, who was instrumental in organizing the Sochi Winter Olympics and last year’s FIFA World Cup…

Starting next year, a number of hotels on the Chinese island of Hainan will offer All Inclusive catering system, which is as close as possible to the Turkish version. This was announced by Van Dong Chin, the president of the board of directors of the international tourism service in Sanya. 
Hainan…

According to the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), for the nine months of 2019 83 700 Russians visited Japan, which is 22,2% more than in the same period of 2018. The growth of Russian tourist flow in September is almost 40%. 
As JNTO reported, in January-September 2019 more than…

The minimum prices for holiday tours to India based on the first flights of the 2019/20120 season are comparable to the cost of air tickets to the destination. So, a week-long holiday at budget hotels in the north of Goa with a flight from Moscow on October 25 can now be actually purchased for 44…

India in September 2019 significantly reduced the cost of a visa for foreign tourists, including from Russia. Now a visa for 30 days in the low season will cost only $10, in the high season - $ 25.  According to tour operators, the market has weakly reacted: sales volumes of leading players correspond…

According to the State Tourism Agency (GAT), in January-September 2019, 2 415 900 tourists visited Azerbaijan, which is 9,6% more than in the same period of the last year. At the same time, the largest shares of tourist flow are from Russia and Georgia.  In particular, in the reporting period, 724 730 Russians…

Vietnam is in increasing interest among Russian VIP tourists. Today, the number of premium requests for the winter in Vietnam is significantly greater than for some other popular Asian markets. One of the reasons is that the leading hotel chains in Vietnam are adapting their services to the wishes…

The big flight program from all the main tourist centers has been planned to Hainan by Russian tour operators for this winter season. Some of them are on the “low start” now. But the news about cancellation have also appeared. Thus the travel agents informed about Hainan destination flight program…

The number of Russian tourists in Malaysia is increasing every year, and this year was no exception. The government of the country has ambitious tasks: to increase the number of tourists, including from Russia. 
The flow of tourists from Russia to Malaysia amounted to about 73 thousand people…

On October, 4, the arrival of the first charter flight from Russia has marked the beginning of the tourism season in India’s Goa. 
The season begins as anxiety set in among the travel and tourism industry in Goa after the collapse of leading UK travel tourism firm, Thomas Cook. 
Goa…

Tour operators announced an increase in the number of charter flights and the expansion of the geography of cities of departure to Vietnam.
Despite the fact that all three tour operators represent Vietnam from many cities as a year-round resort, mainly the winter charter programs of tour operators…