According to official statistics, 172 536 tourists arrived in the Maldives in January 2023, while another 48 038 tourists arrived in the first week of February.

Russia continues to be the leading source market for the Maldives with a market share of 13,1% (28 873 arrivals in January and…

From March, Red Wings will launch another additional flight from Moscow to Mattala. Tourists of 4 tour operators will fly on it.

“From February, we have increased the frequency to three per week. And from March we will add one more flight every 10 days,” Red Wings said.

Currently,…

Russia entered the TOP-10 countries in terms of tourist flow to Thailand in 2022. The number of Russian tourists increased 14 times compared to 2021, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) reported.

The first place in terms of tourist flow to Thailand was taken by Malaysia, from where 1,94…

Almost 10,5 thousand Russian tourists visited Japan in 2022, which is three times more than a year earlier, according to statistics of the country's National Tourism Office (JNTO).

Thus, the number of tourists from Russia to Japan in January-December reached 10,4 thousand people, and in…

According to the fresh Indonesian statistics for the 12 months of 2022, the Russian tourist flow to this island nation has noticeably increased since October. The current dynamics of demand, as well as prices for tours, is also not bad. The prices for holidays in Bali in January, February and March…

According to the data, from January 1 to January 15, 2023, 99 593 tourists from Russia visited Thailand. And this is the best result among all countries.

Malaysia (the former leader) is closest to Russia in terms of tourist flow. 89 461 tourists came from there.

Korea is in the…

The tour operators Fun&Sun and Coral Travel with Azur air are jointly loading flights of the new charter program to Sri Lanka from three cities - Novosibirsk, Tyumen and Samara.

Tourists from Novosibirsk are already flying to Colombo on Azur air charters. With the new flight program, they…

The tour operator Russian Express took blocks of seats on Emirates connecting flights to Denpasar. Departures are operated from January 29 on Saturdays and Sundays.

“To date, this is the most comfortable flight to Bali with minimal connections. Changes are carried out in Dubai,” Russian…

To meet the increased demand for holidays in Thailand among Russian tourists, the tour operator Fun&Sun has decided to expand its flight offers to the destination. Flight novelties refer to the resort of Pattaya.

From the beginning of February, Fun&Sun tourists from Vladivostok and Kemerovo…

Despite all the economic difficulties and political instability, Sri Lanka ended 2022 with almost 720 thousand tourist arrivals, which is 207% more than in 2021. However, 2022 figures were 69% down from the record of 2,3 million in 2018.

Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka reached nearly 92 000…

In 2022 the tourist flow from the Russian Federation to the Maldives was 8,38% less than in the record year 2021. There are reasons for this. However, even with the current results, the Maldives has in practice entered the category of mass destinations, surpassing the results of pre-Covid 2019 by…

The tour operator companies record the growing interest of Russians in trips to Japan. According to experts, it is too early to talk about the restoration of demand to the level of 2019, but there are certain positive trends in sales of the destination.

“Japan was not a mass destination…

Due to the lack of destinations available for direct flights, Sri Lanka turned out to be very popular among Russian tourists. For some tour operators, the resort entered the TOP-5 holiday destinations with a share of 10-15% of the total sales of the New Year.

“Sri Lanka this year entered…

Sales of tours to China have already begun - despite the fact that there is still no official issuance of tourist visas. It is true that we are talking about group cross-border tours. The sale of trips to China was restored by the tour operator Sunmar, locally, and the price of the tour is about twice…

This year, 1,5 million tourists have holidays with the tour operator Fun&Sun. By the end of 2023, the company plans to send 2,5 million tourists. This was stated by Vladimir Rubtsov, General Director of the company.

“In 2023, we plan to increase the volume of tourists up to 2,5 million tourists,”…

There is an addition for the Thai flight assortment of Aeroflot. From January 18, a flight from Irkutsk to Bangkok will be added to the flights to Phuket and Bangkok from Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and Vladivostok.

The flights to the Thai capital will be operated twice a week on Wednesdays…

The tour operators Intourist and Anex Tour have expanded their flight program to Sri Lanka. These tour operators have added blocks of seats on Red Wings flights to regular Aeroflot flights and block transportation on Azur air from Moscow and the regions.

This airline will fly from Moscow…

According to the fresh Thai statistics, the data of which was provided by Moscow office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), in November the Kingdom accepted 109,4 thousand tourists from Russia.

November values more than doubled the figures of October and allowed Russia to take the…

According to the representative of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia, Ni Made Ayu Martini, the country plans to receive from 40,2 thousand to 85 thousand Russian tourists in 2023.

“We are hoping for the Russian market. Next year, we plan to accept at least 40,2 thousand…

With each new day, there are more bookings of Indonesia, tour operators say. The country now mainly attracts wealthy tourists, being a new destination for many of them. When direct flights are resumed and entry conditions return to the 2019 version, the country will undoubtedly face a wave of pent-up…