Asia - Russian Travel Digest

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…

30.09.2016

Indonesia expects 75 thousand Russian tourists this year

“This year Indonesia expects to receive 75 thousand Russian tourists. The growth of tourist flow allows to make such forecasts, which has amounted more than 14% from the beginning of the year”, - said the deputy head of the Ministry of Tourism of Indonesia Maria Mayyabubun to “RATA-news”. "In 2015 the…

21.09.2016

Singapore Airlines increases the number of places for the Russian market.

“Singapore Airlines” company will close the direct air communication between Moscow and American Houston from November 1. However, the authority of the carrier decided to keep Moscow in the winter schedule as the destination of flight”, - regional Vice President of the Singapore Airlines in Europe Subhas…

20.09.2016

The Chinese counted up the Russian tourists in Hainan

The tourist flow has increased, but the "burning" threatens to direction since October. During the first seven months of 2016 the Chinese Hainan island was visited by 23% more tourists from Russia than in the same period of the last year. Such statistics was published by TASS September 8 referring to…

03.08.2016

Russia, Thailand see reciprocal growth of tourist flows — agency

Russia and Thailand have seen reciprocal growth of tourist flows this year, the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturism) said on Wednesday after a meeting between the agency’s chief Oleg Safonov and Thai Minister of Tourism and Sports Mrs. Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul. "The citizens of our two countries…

22.04.2016

Russian ferry company to open Vladivostok - Shanghai line in 2017 — CEO

The largest Russian ferry operator ST.PETER LINE operating in the Baltic region will open the Vladivostok-Shanghai cruise ferry line in 2017, Chief Executive Officer of the company Sergey Kotenev said on Friday. "The line route comprising calls to ports of Japan and the Republic of Korea has already…

22.03.2016

Ural Airlines got the right to start flights to Thailand

Ural Airlines is named a scheduled carrier on several routes between the cities of Russia and Thailand, according to the reports the Federal Air Transportation Agency. Thus, the carrier will fly 5 times a week from Ekaterinburg to Phuket, 3 times a week also from Ekaterinburg to Phuket through Beijing…

11.03.2016

Russian tourists rushing back to China

After four years of decline, there was a huge increase in the number of Russian tourists visiting China in January, new figures show. In total, 144,200 Russians visited in the first month of 2016－up 46.9 percent on the same period last year, according to a recent report released by the China Tourism…

07.03.2016

Thai Airways plans service to Russia after good Q4/2015 results

THAI AIRWAYS International plans to resume flying to Russia and the United States as part of its plan to boost revenue after seeing cheerful results in the final quarter of last year. The national airline will also help its budget carrier Nok Air, which has called mass cancellations of flights while…

23.01.2016

Russia's Sochi plans to launch flights to Iran by July

The Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi plans to launch air flights to several Iranian cities by July this year, the press service of the Basel Aero company, which runs all airports in the Kuban region, told TASS on Thursday. "For the moment, negotiations are under way between Russian and Iranian…