The Spanish authorities have started checking Russian citizens for transit visas when transferring at Spanish airports, even if they do not leave the international zone, the kingdom's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. This measure came into force on July 12, 2025.

Previously, Russians…

Demand for beach holidays in Greece this summer season has increased significantly, major Russian tour operators told to Vestnik ATOR. Companies PAKS and Ambotis Holidays draw attention to the increase in the depth of sales in the Greek direction: there are already bookings for October 2025.

Despite…

On April 11, 2025, an oil spill occurred in the Emirate of Fujairah (UAE) in the port area, located just a few kilometers from the hotel zone. The pollution quickly reached the shore and affected the coastline near the Novotel Fujairah, Al Bahar Hotel & Resort and Ibis Fujairah hotels. As a result…

Tour Operator Sputnik Armenia announced charter flights from Yerevan to Cyprus. The flights will be operated on the A320 aircrafts of Aegean Airlines. Departure time of flight A3 4910 from Larnaka is 00:45, arrival time to Yerevan 03:40. Departure time of flight A3 4911from Yerevan is 04:35, arrival…

In summer 2025 Russians will be able to travel to the resorts of Crete with only one convenient connection. Package tours to this destination were launched by the tour operator Fun & Sun. They are planned from Moscow (Domodedovo airport) from the end of May to mid-October 2025 on Wednesdays and Saturdays.…

Tour Operator Sputnik Armenia announced charter flights from Yerevan to Rhodes, Greece. The flights will be operated on the aircrafts of Aegean Airlines. Departure time from Rhodes is 22:30, arrival to Yerevan next day at 02:10. Departure time from Yerevan is 03:00, arrival time to Rhodes 04:30

The…

The tour operator Fun & Sun, has nearly finalized flight plans to Turkey for the summer season. Charter flights and seats on flights to Antalya are currently available from 17 different cities in Russia. In addition, flights from other regions will be added to flights to the Aegean Coast - to Bodrum…

The tour operator Fun&Sun bought a block of seats on Ural Airlines flights to Istanbul and arranged tours to Istanbul and Cappadocia for February and March, both excursion and of the “flight + hotel” format.

Nowadays, Fun&Sun has guaranteed blocks of seats (20 seats on each flight) on flights…

In the winter season 2023-24. Pax has arranged package tours to its key destinations on block transportation. These are guaranteed seats on flights of Qatar Airways (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand), Emirates (Maldives and Mauritius) and Air Arabia (UAE, Sri Lanka). There is also block transportation…

The volume of early bookings of tours to Turkey for the summer season of 2024 in mid-December exceeded last year figures three times, said Vladimir Rubtsov, CEO of the tour operator Fun&Sun.

According to him, Turkey is the undisputed leader among destinations for which early bookings have…

Early booking of a summer holiday in Greece is already available for tourists from different regions of the Russian Federation. Russians buy tours in advance, saving up to 55%. For 2024, tour operators are increasing their flight program to Greece and counting on positive sales dynamics. In 2023,…

Russian tourists have replaced Spain with Turkey, as a result of which the Кingdom lost almost €2 billion in 2022. As the Russian Ambassador to Madrid Yuri Klimenko explained, such losses occurred due to the fact that Russian tourists - and practically all the tourists - changed Spain to Turkey due…

In the second and third places in the list of the company’s key destinations are Egypt and the UAE. The shares of key destinations in the company's sales in 2024 will be:

Turkey: 33%,
UAE: 21%,
Egypt: 18%,
Russia + Abkhazia: 10%,
Thailand: 9%,
Sri Lanka:…

The Bulgarian authorities have changed the rules for issuing tourist visas to Russians. Two more mandatory items have been added to the list of documents.

Now, citizens of the Russian Federation planning to travel to the Republic for tourism purposes will have to provide confirmation from…

Antalya has published its tourist flow statistics from January to November 2023. The Russian tourist flow over 11 months became 15% more than in the same period in 2019, although November alone showed a decrease of 35,3% compared to last year.

According to the Department of Culture and Tourism…

The tour operator Pegas Touristik announced the start of sales of tours to Turkey for the summer of 2024 with flights on Southwind and Turkish Airlines flights from 17 Russian cities. Tourists have already begun to buy summer holidays in Turkey. Minimum prices start from $ 1 257 for two persons for…

The tour operator Intourist has launched the first stage of an early booking campaign for tours to Turkey for the summer of 2024 - to Antalya and Dalaman on charters.

The tour operator, as in the past season, will transport its tourists on blocks of seats on Turkish Airlines charter flights,…

Russia took the first place in tourist flow to Turkish Antalya, 3,32 million Russians visited Antalya in January-October, which is 17% more than in the same period last year, reports the provincial tourism department.

In the second place is Germany, where 3,16 million people came from. The…

From today, package offers for resorts on the Antalya and Aegean coasts of Turkey based on blocks of seats on Turkish Airlines flights are available on Anex website. Prices start from $ 1 495 for two persons (one week, all-inclusive). It is interesting that this year the company started sales in the…

Compared to the autumn of 2022, week-long New Year tours to Turkey have risen in price by 40-60% this year. According to Anex, the minimum cost of a “comfortable” New Year’s tour to Antalya is now around $ 2 795 for two persons (5* hotel, all inclusive, direct flight from Moscow, transfer, medical…