According to the calculations of the tourism administration of Sri Lanka, about 280 thousand tourists from the Russian Federation can visit this country by the end of 2023.

Representatives of Sri Lanka stated that now the country is experiencing an active growth of the number of tourists,…

Following Fun&Sun, the tour operator Anex Tour announced the extension of the charter program to Thailand for the summer season. Together, these companies will load the Red Wings aircraft on the route Moscow - Pattaya (Utapao).

The flight program to Pattaya starts on May 1 and ends on October…

Russian tourists in the summer season will be able to continue flying to Sri Lanka on charter flights. Tour operators have decided to extend part of the winter flight programs to the island. This means that the cost of tours will remain at an acceptable level. In summer, tourists will be offered the…

Russia in 2023 has become the leading market for the Maldives. Since the beginning of the year, over 53 000 Russians have arrived here. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, almost 429 000 foreign visitors had flew to the islands in the Indian Ocean.

The ministry provided statistics…

Spring Maldives are in good demand among Russians. The destination is now in the TOP-5 most demanded countries. A lot of applications are now coming and for summer season. Travel agents spoke about this in an interview.

“The volume of spring sales of tours to the Maldives is high. The resort…

Since the beginning of March, the demand for the UAE and Egypt naturally intensified. So, according to the sales statistics of the federal network of travel agencies "1001 Tour", Thailand (which was among the leaders in February) already shares the first place with the Emirates.

It is expected…

From March 15, 2023, China will resume issuing all types of visas to foreigners at its consular offices around the world. This was reported on the website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry. However, it is still too early to talk about “the resumption of the tourist flow to China from Russia”, according…

Sale of tours to a new destination was opened by the tour operator Biblio Globus. On its website, the tour operator announced excursion programs to Iran with direct flights to this country.

The details are as follows - the announced program will start in March. The first flight of the declared…

The Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand has prepared official final data on the tourist flow to the Kingdom for 2022. At the end of the year, Russia is on the third position in terms of tourist flow among non-Asian countries and entered the TOP-10 in terms of total tourist flow.

Last…

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…