Asia - Russian Travel Digest

13.08.2018

South Korea in summer season

The Russian tourist flow to South Korea for the first 6 months of 2018 increased by 15.4%. As reported in the National Office of Tourism of Republic of Korea (NTO) in Russia, according to preliminary data for the first half (January-June) period of 2018 the country was visited by more than 153 thousand…

10.08.2018

The number of Russian tourists in Indonesia in the I half of 2018 increased by 10%

Such data were announced at the Russian-Indonesian business forum. The authorities want to increase the number of Russian tourists to 1 million a year, for which they intend to develop the concept of "Ten new Bali". According to Agustini Rahay the Director of cooperation with the countries of Europe…

19.07.2018

Tour operators are expanding winter programs for Sri Lanka

The Russian tourist flow to Sri Lanka for the first 5 months of 2018 increased by 14.5%. According to tour operators, the direction in the upcoming winter season 2018/2019 will show an increase of 20%. According to the Ministry of Tourism of Sri Lanka, in January-May almost 37 thousand Russians visited…

09.07.2018

In 2017 Hong Kong was visited by almost 150 thousand Russian tourists

“Hong Kong in 2017 was visited by almost 150 thousand tourists from Russia, which is 4% more than a year earlier”, - said the President of Hong Kong Airlines Wang Lia. On May 18 Hong Kong Airlines opened a direct flight to Moscow's Vnukovo airport. Airplanes A330-300 fly to Moscow on Tuesdays, Fridays…

21.06.2018

ANEX Tour will extend the flight program to Sri Lanka in the winter season

Tour operator ANEX Tour was the first to open sales of tours to Sri Lanka for the winter season 2018-19. The company is planning to increase the frequency of departures from Moscow and regions. The flight program of the tour operator to Sri Lanka is still being formed, now it is considered an increase…

18.06.2018

South Korean low cost carrier began flying from Seoul to Vladivostok

“South Korean budget airline Eastar Jet began to perform direct flights from Seoul to Vladivostok”, - reported the press service of Vladivostok airport. The first airplane landed at Vladivostok airport at 02:00 of local time on June 12. The flights on the route Vladivostok - Seoul are carried out by…

14.06.2018

The tourist flow to Thailand from Russia has already exceeded half of the last year's number

The Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand published official data concerning the tourist flow from abroad in January-April 2018. According to the department's report, in January-April the Kingdom has hosted 745,398 citizens from Russia, which is more than half of the total tourist flow to Thailand…

13.06.2018

The results of flow of tourists from Russia to Thailand for April

“The tourist flow from Russia to Thailand in April 2018 increased by 19% in comparison with the same month of the last year”, said the Ministry of Sport and Tourism of Thailand. In April the country was visited by 126.4 thousand Russians, which is 19% more than for the same month a year earlier. The…

09.06.2018

In the first quarter of 2018 more than 303 thousand Russians visited Phuket

For the period from January 1 to March 31, 2018 more than 303 thousand Russian citizens visited the resort island of Phuket in Thailand. It is a 47% increase in comparison with the same period of the previous year. The corresponding information was published by the consulting company C9 Hotelworks. The…

06.06.2018

S7 will fly from Novosibirsk to Tokyo

“S7 airline is going to carry out a new direct regular flights from airport Tolmachevo on the route Novosibirsk-Tokyo-Novosibirsk”, - reported the airport's press service. "The flights will be performed by Airbus A320neo in a two-class configuration (economy and business) from June 9 on Saturdays, returning…

04.06.2018

AZUR airline has launched a regular flight on the route Moscow-Nha Trang

On May 30 the first regular flight on the route Moscow-Nha Trang (Vietnam) was performed by AZUR airline. Boeing 767-300 airplane of the company, with the capacity of 336 passengers took off to Nyachang full loaded. The duration of the flight is about 10 hours. It is planned that from May 30 till June…

11.05.2018

Hong Kong Airlines resumes direct flights from Hong Kong to Moscow

Hong Kong Airlines announced the new flight program from Hong Kong to Moscow. Direct flights will be carried out from Vnukovo airport by Airbus 330-300 three times a week from May 18 till October 27, 2018. Recall, a few years ago the carrier terminated this route, later Transaero airline stopped to fly…

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…