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…

Starting December 27, Red Wings will operate flights from Moscow to Pattaya (Utapao Airport) twice a week (on Tuesdays and Fridays). The program will run until the end of March.

Blocks of seats on Red Wings flights are taken by Anex Tour tour operator. Thus the company expands the geography…

The tour operator Paks has taken blocks of seats on Air Arabia flights from Moscow to Colombo with a connection in Sharjah. Three arrivals are available for online booking on block transportation: from December 28 to January 8 for 11 nights, from December 30 to January 8 for 9 nights, and from January…

Additional permits for flights to the most of the "winter" resorts were requested by Russian carriers. This applies to both Aeroflot and tour operator companies. The main destinations are Thailand, as well as the Indian resort of Goa. But there are other warm countries.

So, Aeroflot requested…

In November 2022, Russia showed the best figures in terms of tourist flow to Thailand among all European countries due to extensive charter program, attractive prices that are as close as possible to the level of 2019, and the complete removal of all covid restrictions on entry into the country.

Malaysia…

The Russians have taken the second place in terms of the total tourist flow to the Maldives since the beginning of the year. The first position was taken by Indian tourists.

According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Maldives, from January 1 to November…

Sri Lanka was visited by 568,3 thousand tourists over 10 months. Russia took the second place in the ranking of countries for this period, losing only to India.

“Sri Lanka welcomed 42 000 foreign tourists in October, up to 41% from a month earlier. Such success was achieved thanks to a sharp…

The tour operator Anex Tour strengthens its positions on the Thai destination. The company decided to expand the geography of flights to Thailand.

From the beginning of December, one more city -Vladivostok - will be added to the seven departure cities (Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk,…

Indonesia, along with Thailand, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Malaysia is included by experts in the list of the most popular countries in Southeast Asia for Russians for the upcoming high season.

The position of Indonesia is not yet as strong as its neighbor country - Thailand. Demand is…

Starts of charter programs Anex Tour to Thailand continue. The success of the first flight programs to Thailand from Moscow, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok was continued by charter programs from Kemerovo, Khabarovsk and Irkutsk.

Planes from Kemerovo and Irkutsk have already arrived…

Between January 1 and November 10, 2022, Thailand hosted 7 349 843 foreign tourists. Thus, the minimum forecast figures for the annual tourist flow in 2022 - 7 million - have already been exceeded ahead of schedule. Taking into account the active current demand, there is a reason to believe that the…

Travel agents report that with the increase of the number of flights from Moscow to the resorts of Thailand, the prices for tours have become noticeably more attractive. In particular, tours to Pattaya are offered almost 2 times cheaper.

“A tour package for 7 nights with accommodation at…

Thailand, which has risen in price, continues to strengthen its position on the Russian market. There are more and more requests from tour operators, and the depth of bookings reaches February.

Tourists, according to tour operators, have changed their consumer preferences. More often they…