Asia - Russian Travel Digest

06.12.2016

"TUI Russia" launched the sale of winter tours to Bali and Singapore

“Tour operator «TUI Russia" has expanded its range of exotic tours, offering visitors the tours to Indonesian Bali island and combined trips to Indonesia with Singapore visa-free visit”, - said the press service of the company.
TUI adds to its range the most famous island of Indonesia – Bali.…

06.12.2016

Russia and Japan will simplify mutual visa regime

“The questions of visa regime simplification between Russia and Japan can be solved before the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the country”, - said the Deputy press secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Masao Otaka. "I'm not sure that I can name now any terms. I think we will…

05.12.2016

Tez Tour will launch flights to Hainan from three Russian cities

International tour operator Tez Tour in 2016-2017 season will offer new routes to Hainan (China) island from the three major regional centers - Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk. The charter flight program with IFLY airline will starts from Novosibirsk to Sanya since December 23, from Yekaterinburg…

02.12.2016

Sri Lanka expects an increase of tourist flow from Russia up to 19% in the next six months

“The number of tourists from Europe visiting Sri Lanka is subsiding, in turn the number of trips from Russia is increasing”, - said the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Wednesday referring to the data of analyst firm ForwardKeys. According to the data, the returning of the Russians tourists…

30.11.2016

The Russian Foreign Ministry hopes for an early signing of the agreement on visa-free travels with Iran

“Agreement on visa-free organized tourist trips for Russian citizens to Iran may be signed in the near future”, - according to the response of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. "The relevant departments of Foreign Ministers of both countries are making efforts…

28.11.2016

Russians spent 1.8 billion dollars for 10 months in Thailand

The number of Russian tourists visiting this country becomes more and more higher, but their spending have decreased. “During 10 months of 2016 Russians spent in Thailand 64.3 billion baht ($ 1.8 billion)”, - said the Thailand Tourist Department on Friday November 25. It should be noted, that for the…

24.11.2016

Russians will celebrate the New Year in Thailand

This winter Thailand can become a major destination for Russian tourists, who will celebrate the New Year abroad. 28% of all NY oversea tours were sold to the resorts of this country. This is an evidenced of statistics based on data of Level.Travel service, which is selling online tours of more than…

17.11.2016

The number of flights between Russia and Thailand can grow

“Thailand's Cabinet of Ministers approved an increase of the number of flights between Russia and Thailand in order to increase the tourist flow”, - the newspaper Bangkok Post reported. The number of flights of Russian airlines to Bangkok can now be increased from 70 to 105 per week and flights to Phuket…

10.11.2016

The majority of Russian tourists will go to Thailand on the New Year holiday

Following the results by the end of the first week of November, Thailand is the leader in sales of New Year tours. This follows from the data provided by the travel agencies networks to the professional portal “TourDom.ru”. It may be noted, that a year earlier, in November 2015, the majority of retailers…

08.11.2016

Russian tourist flow to Japan shows a positive trend

The office of Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO) will be opened at the beginning of the next year in Moscow. The news was reported to Russian tourist industry representatives and journalists by vice-president of JNTO Morihiro Kawata. He had arrived to Moscow for a workshop, organized by his Office…

07.11.2016

S7 and Singapore airline companies have agreed about joint flights to Singapore

"Siberia" and "Globus" - the airline companies of the “S7 Airlines Group” – have signed a code-share agreement with “Singapore Airlines”, which provides joint flights to Singapore from a number of Russian cities”, - it is reported in the S7 statement. The passengers of “S7 Group” airplanes will be…

02.11.2016

Coral Travel has launched a winter charter program to Sri Lanka

The tour operator “Coral Travel” has launched a winter charter program from Moscow to Sri Lanka since October 31. “The flights will be performed every 10-13 days”, - the head of the company’s department of public relations Marina Makarkova reported to the portal "Interfax-Tourism". "The program will…

26.10.2016

“AZUR Air” company twice extended the flight program to India

In the new winter season the Russian airline company “AZUR Air” has planned an ambitious program of flights to Goa, the popular Indian resort, from eight Russian cities - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Ufa. Airline “AZUR Air” in the winter season…

18.10.2016

The airline company "Rossia" will launch flights from St. Petersburg to Beijing in the winter season

The airline company "Rossia" plans to perform regular flights to Beijing, according to the data of procurement website. The carrier issued a purchase of services for ground service of its aircraft at the Chinese airport - Tianjin. According the data, Tianjin is planned to be used as altrernative airport…

12.10.2016

S7 has launched regular flights between Vladivostok and Bangkok

“The airline company S7 started direct regular flights on the route Vladivostok - Bangkok – Vladivostok”, - said the press-service of "Vladivostok international airport" on Tuesday. The flights are implemented by Boeing-767 with 240 seats, once a week on Mondays, flight time is 7 hours. "Up to this day,…

10.10.2016

Russia and Kazakhstan agreed to cooperate in the field of tourism

“New possibilities of development of tourism between Russia and Kazakhstan were discussed in Astana at the forum of interregional cooperation of the two countries with the participation of heads of state”, - said the press service of the Federal Tourism Agency on Wednesday. According to “Rosturizm”,…

08.10.2016

Two tour operators have launched charters to Sri Lanka for the winter season

ANEX Tour and Coral Travel formed a charter program to Sri Lanka - they will transport the tourists by the airplanes of Azur Air and Royal Flight companies. In particular, the Azur Air program begins from October 26 and will last until May holidays. "Departures are scheduled from Moscow only once in…

06.10.2016

Boeing 737 will implement charter flights between Kamchatka and Japan in the summer of 2017

“Charter flights program between Kamchatka and Japan will connect Tokyo and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the summer of 2017”, - said the Agency of Tourism and External Relations of Kamchatka Region on Tuesday. "The JATM (Japan Air Travel Marketing Co Ltd) company will be the organizer and consolidator…

30.09.2016

Thailand is the leader for the New Year holidays requests in Russia

According to the portal "Rambler - Travel", the first orders for the New Year holidays are divided between Thailand, Vietnam, UAE and Andorra. Minimum price of sea tour for 8 days will amount 110 thousand rubles (Pattaya, 3-stars), and to the ski resort - 97 thousand rubles (Andorra, 2 - stars). "We…