Asia - Russian Travel Digest

27.04.2018

Korean Air resumed direct flights from St. Petersburg to Seoul

“South Korean airline Korean Air resumed regular direct flights between St. Petersburg and Seoul since April 19”, - the press service of LLC "Air gates of the northern capital" informs. During the summer season, the frequency of flights will vary from three to five per week. Flights on the route St.…

20.04.2018

Almost 70 thousand Russian tourists visited South Korea in the first quarter of 2018

The Russian tourist flow to South Korea in January-March 2018 grew by almost 14%. Tour operators forecast that the demand for the direction in the spring-summer period will be even more active, first off all thanks to the advertising campaign, organized by the National Tourism Office of the Republic…

16.04.2018

The results of Russian tourism on the island of Bali for 2017

The flow of tourists from Russia to the island of Bali increased by 41.7% in 2017, according to statistical data published by the tourist office of the government of Indonesian province of Bali. Without problems connected with Agung volcano the number of Russian tourists visiting the country could be…

06.04.2018

The Russian tourist flow to Hainan increased by 251% in 2017

The Russian tourist flow to Hainan Island last year reached a historic level of 284 thousand people. This is 251% more than in 2018. "By the end of 2018 we plan to increase this figure by another 10%", - said E Kaizhong, the Deputy Director of tourism of Sanya. According to him, interest to Hainan has…

30.03.2018

Nearly 60,000 Russian tourists visited Sri Lanka last year

“Sri Lanka was visited by 59.1 thousand Russian tourists in 2017, which is 2% more than a year ago”, - said the third secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Sri Lanka in Russia Upul Priyanta. According to him, Russia is among the TOP 10 countries whose citizens most often choose Sri Lanka as a place…

16.03.2018

The tourist exchange between China and Russia reached four million trips in 2017

“The mutual tourist flow between China and Russia has amounted about 4 million tourists in 2017”, - said the Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Yevgeniy Tomikhin. "Today we can say that the annual tourist flow in both directions is about 4 million, which is a lot", - he said in Rosturizm…

19.02.2018

The tourist flow from Russia to India grew by almost 70% in 2017

“In 2017 385.7 thousand Russians visited India, which is 69% more than the same indicator of the last year”, - informed the Association of Russian Tour Operators (ATOR). "In 2016 India was visited by 228.2 thousand tourists from Russia, in 2017 their number was 385.7 thousand, which means an increase…

29.01.2018

The flow of tourists from Russia to Thailand grew by nearly a quarter in 2017

The foreign tourist flow to Thailand by the end of 2017 reached 35.38 million people and 1.34 million of these numbers were visitors from Russia. Although this figure is below the maximum of pre-crisis indicators this is the best result for the last three years. The Ministry of Tourism and Sports of…

23.01.2018

The number of Russian tourists in Vietnam increased by one third in 2017

Vietnam entered into the TOP-10 of out coming markets in Russia in 2017. The annual increase of the number of Russian tourists amounted 32.3%. The tour operators have expanded their programs to the resorts of this country in winter. The experts note high demand for Vietnam among the Russian tourists…

10.01.2018

In 2017 the number of Russian tourists at Nha Trang Vietnamese resort has almost doubled

The number of Russian tourists at Nha Trang resort in Vietnam has almost doubled from January till October 2017, up to 360 thousand people”, - reported portal vnexpress with reference to the tourism department of Khanh Hoa Province. "During the first 10 months of the year 360 thousand Russian tourists…

02.01.2018

The flow of tourists from Russia to Japan grew by 42% in 2017

“In January-November 2017 the tourist flow from Russia to Japan increased by 41.8% up to 71.5 thousand people, which is a record figure for the entire history of statistics”, - reported Japanese National Tourist Organization (JNTO). According to JNTO, in November 2017 7,800 Russians visited the Land…

27.12.2017

Regional transportation to China will increase

Tour operator Pearl River expands its flying program to Hainan Island. Since March 1, 2018, the company will transport tourists to Chinese resort from another 11 Russian cities. According to the provider, direct flights to Sanya from Barnaul, Blagoveshchensk, Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk,…

18.12.2017

More than 9 million tourists visited India from January to November 2017

“More than 9 million foreign tourists visited India from January to November 2017. An increase amounted 15.6% against the same period of the last year”, - the local portal The Economic Times reported on Tuesday. "Over 11 months of 2017 more than 9 million foreign tourists came to India. Only in November…

11.12.2017

Siberia Airlines will launch flying from Irkutsk to Tokyo in the spring of 2018

Siberia Airlines, part of S7 group, will begin direct flights from Irkutsk to Tokyo on April 29, 2018. As stated in the report of S7, flights will be performed on Thursdays and Sundays by A320 aircraft. Departure from Irkutsk is scheduled for 12:10 local time, arrival to Tokyo - at 18:30; departure of…

08.12.2017

The tourist flow from Russia to Japan increased by 40% in January-October 2017

“In January-October this year 63.7 thousand Russians visited Japan, which is 40.2% more than in the same period of the last year”, - according to statistics published on the website of the Japanese National Tourism Organization (JNTO). In October 2017 9,300 visitors from Russia visited Japan, which is…

23.11.2017

Tourist flow from Russia to Mauritius began to grow after the crisis caused by the crisis

“About 9 thousand Russians visited Mauritius from January to October 2017, which is 21% more than during the same period of the last year”, - said at a meeting with tour operators the Director of Tourism of Mauritius Kevin Ramkelaon. "This year from January to October we have already hosted about 9 thousand…

21.11.2017

Ural Airlines began regular flights on the route Vladivostok-Harbin-Bangkok

“Ural Airlines airline began regular flights on the rout Vladivostok-Harbin-Bangkok”, - reported the press service of Vladivostok International Airport (MAV). In the winter timetable of the airport the implementation of the new flight is scheduled twice a week on Wednesdays and Sundays by airplane A320.…

15.11.2017

A record number of tourists from Russia will visit Vietnam in 2017

“The number of tourist arrivals from Russia to Vietnam for 10 months of 2017 increased by 38.3% against the same period of the last year - up to 457.3 thousand people”, - said the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), citing the Vietnamese National Tourism Authority. Over the past year 434,000…

01.11.2017

Travel agents of Ekaterinburg are discouraged by the cancellation of New Year's flights to Bali

The fact of cancelation of previously announced flights of Royal Flight from Ekaterinburg to Bali on the dates after December 24 is widely discussed by the participants of the market on the profile Internet sites in social networks. As the representative of one of the travel agencies wrote, the tour…