Royal Flight air company will open the new destination from the international airport of Krasnodar for winter season - Goa. The flights will be fulfilled once in 11 days according to schedule since 02.11.2019 till 24.03.2020 on Boeing 757-200 with capacity of 239 passengers on board.The way from Krasnodar…

Platov international airport in Rostov-on-Don expands the geography of the international flights. The press service of the airport informs that in the upcoming season Azur Air company plans to fulfiil the flights to Chinese island Hainan. The destination is Sanya resort. The schedule is in the process…

27.09.2019 the press service of Kazan international airport informed that Ural airlines are going to fulfill the flight program from Tatarstan capital to Chinese Harbin- the most “Russian” Chinese city. The intermediate landing will take place in Ekaterinburg international airport. So, the destination…

The agreements on the opening of a new flight from St. Petersburg to Haikou, on the continuation of the flight from Moscow to the same place and on the opening of new flights from several Russian cities to Sanya were signed on September 19. As stated by representatives of a government delegation in…

Japan Airlines (JAL) will begin direct regular flights from Tokyo to Vladivostok in the spring of 2020, previously Japanese carriers were not presented on this route. The possibilities of increasing the tourist flow to Japan were discussed by Oleg Kozhemyako, the head of the Primorskiy Region, and…

Press Service of Krasnodar international airport reports that Azur Air (which is affiliated with Anex Tour) plans to start flight program to Hainan island (Sanya international airport) on Boeing 767-300 since 27.10.19 till 22.03.2020. The air craft can take on board 336 passengers. On Sunday the departure…

The tour operator Ics Travel Group has opened sales of package tours to Japan. In September, a tour to Japan will cost for Russians from 146 thousand Rubles (2 021 Euros) for two persons including the flight.  Ics Travel Group explained the launch of tours to Japan by the growing demand for the destination. In…

The market will see a two fold increase in air transportation from Russian cities to Hainan in the winter season. At the same time, the volume of reservations from a number of players does not exceed last year's figures. Experts do not exclude that tour operators will have to actively stimulate demand…

The interest of Russian tourists in holidays in Sri Lanka has grown significantly due to lower prices in hotels and the abolition of visas. Tourist flow is recovering from the April attacks on the island. "As of today,…

Minister of tourism and religion of Sri-Lanka declared that the country would start issuing visas on arrival for tourists of 45 countries, including Russia. The measure has been taken because of the serious decline of tourists' flow after the terrorists’ attack in April 2019. Initially it was planned…

Tourism minister of India Prakhlad Singh Patel has announced that 30-days electronic visa will cost two times cheaper. The authorities plan to correlate the price with the period of travelling to India.
Press Trust of India informs that the price for 30 days visa during the high season may…

Since October 1, the Government of Myanmar decided to issue tourist visas upon arrival to Russian citizens. The relief is introduced for a period of one year in test mode and will apply to those who fly into the country through the international airports of Naypyidaw, Yangon and Mandalay. The visa…

Aeroflot Airlines has notified partners about the cancellation of the flight program to Colombo from the beginning of September till the end of October 2019. The carrier offers passengers a refund, tour operators are looking for alternative flights.  The flights from Moscow to Colombo were canceled…

Russia leads among other countries in terms of growth of tourist flow to Indonesia. However, only Bali is showing growth, where more than 90% of Russian tourists rest. At the Russian-Indonesian business forum, experts discussed the demand trends and problems of promotion of Indonesian destination. 

“Indonesia…

Visa-free travel for Russian citizens in Taiwan has been prolonged until July 31, 2020, according to TASS news agency. 

Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry confirmed to the news agency that the experiment to provide visa-free travel for citizens of Russia, as well as for Thailand, Brunei, and the…

ANEX Tour operator will increase the number of flights to Sri Lanka. The departures from Moscow are scheduled twice a week since October 26, from Yekaterinburg – each 13 night. Transportation from St. Petersburg is added for the first time - once in 12 nights. “The past season has shown excellent…

In the winter season 2019-20 two leading federal tour operators will launch charter flights to the island of Phu Quoc in Vietnam. The direct flights to this Vietnamese resort are already planned from 10 cities of Russia (instead of 6 last year). For the first time, a flight will appear with business…

According to official statistics, the numbers of Russian tourists in Taiwan is increasing. For January - May 2019, 6,844 travelers from Russia visited the island, which are two more than for the same period of 2018. The launch of direct flights from Moscow and Vladivostok to Taipei and the abolition…

The growing demand in Russia for holidays on the Maldivian islands is encouraging tour operators not only to use regular flights. Anex Tour opened sales of tours on charter flights with business-class to the Maldives. Tui Russia also took a block of seats on these flights. 

According to…

Visa regime for visiting Japan will be made easier for Russian businessmen and students in autumn, the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. "Since September this year, Japan plans to ease the visa regime for Russian businessmen as part of an eight-point cooperation plan to further encourage bilateral contacts.…