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.…

In the first half of 2019, the flow of tourists from Russia to the Maldives grew by almost 12%. June month, thanks to the lucrative offers of airlines and hotels, showed an increase of 31.5%. Meanwhile, at present time the Russians are already actively booking tours for the New Year on the Maldives. 

Despite…

“The Russians and citizens of another 47 countries are able to visit Sri Lanka with free visas from August 1 to February 1, 2020”, reported The Star newspaper. 

"The authorities of Sri Lanka from August 1 canceled visa fees for citizens of 48 countries, including Russia, Europe, the USA,…

This year, 2 times more tourists from Russia came to Taiwan. This was announced by Denis Nikolaev, the official representative of the Information and Tourist Center of Taiwan in Moscow. Now, the volume of the tourist flow is still insignificant, because over the period from January to May, 6.8 thousand…

On August 1, Tez Tour expands its own flight program to the Chinese island of Hainan on the boards of its strategic partner - the airline iFly. The new flights are planned from three cities. Prices for weekly tours start from 50 thousand Rubles (708 Euros) for two persons on BB basis. As Tez Tour…

Mouzenidis Travel Company has opened sales of tours to the Maldives. Tours to these islands the tour operator presented with departure from 10 cities of Russia and two cities of Kazakhstan. The tours to other exotic islands are expected in the nearest future.  As the press service of the tour operator…

“During the first six months of 2019, the number of tourists from Russia to Thailand increased by 2% - up to 700 thousand tourists,” reported Fabio Chinda, the Charge d'Affaires of Thailand in the Russian Federation. 

“Tourist flow from Russia increased by 2% for the first six months. Last…

This proposal was made by the head of Russian Federal Agency for Tourism Zarina Doguzova during the Second Russian-Indian Strategic Economic Dialogue in Delhi. The Indian side expressed interest in jointly developing a draft government agreement on visa-free group travel for a period of up to 21 days. 

“E-visas…

Press service of the governor of the Rostov region informs that on July 16 in Rostov-on-Don the ceremonial opening of General Consulate of the Republic of Uzbekistan was held. The consular district will cover General Consulate  in Rostov,  including the Southern and North Caucasian federal districts. 

The…

Russian tourists visit Taiwan without a visa since September 2018. Reliefs were supposed to end on July 31 of this year. But, the authorities of the island, having fixed the success of the program, decided to extend it for another year - until July 31, 2020. One of the major tour operators already…

Coral Travel tour operator after a short break resumes flights to Phuket in July. Charter programs to Pattaya will start from the beginning of August. Also at the same time the company changes the airport of arrival. 

For the summer of 2019, experts from tour operator companies have already…

The tour operator began selling tour packages to Phuket and Pattaya for the winter season 2019/20. The flights to Thailand for Coral Travel will be operated by Royal Flight Airline on the new Boeing 777-300ER with business class seats. 

As Coral Travel reported, the flight program to Phuket…

In the first quarter of 2019, 90.1% of the entire Russian tourist flow to Indonesia accounted for one island - Bali. In recent years, other islands have gradually attracted the attention of Russian tourists. 

Thus, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Tourism of Indonesia, from…

The Russians can now stay on the Maldives without a visa up to three months. The agreement on mutual cancellation of visa regime was signed by the foreign ministers on June 25. Experts of the tourist market considered the event as an important, but it is unlikely to significantly increase the flow…

On the 5-th of July 2019 the anniversary flight to the capital of China took place from the Russian airport Kolzovo (Ekaterinburg). That was ten years ago when “Ural Airways” fulfilled the 1-st flight from Ekaterinburg to Beijing. This regular flight started in 2009 was strategic for the economic…

“Airplanes of Rossia Airlines (part of Aeroflot Group) resume direct flights on the route Moscow (Sheremetyevo) – Colombo (Sri Lanka),” the press-service of the airline reported. 

“The direct flights to the biggest city of Sri Lanka are conducted from Sheremetyevo International Airport.…

Every year Japan becomes more and more attractive for Russians. And if earlier the demand intensified in the spring months, during the flowering of sakura, and in autumn, when the season of the “red maples” begins, now the tourists have tasted summer Japan.  

Russia is in the top three countries…