The Milan metropolis or “Greater Milan” in northern Italy includes the city of Milan, the administrative center of the Lombardy region, and 10 Lombard provinces with a total population of about 9 million people. It is the fifty-fourth largest metropolis in the world.

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The Association of Tourism Enterprises of Greece (SETE) announced the closure of Greek hotels and resorts until April 30. However, according to tour operators, this measure will not hit the country's tourism.

“Only beach hotels are closed, while city hotels, including Athens ones, are operating…

As it became known yesterday, Cyprus will not accept foreign tourists until April 30. However, it is likely that not all foreign markets will return to the island in May, which will benefit Russia.

According to sources in the tourism industry of Cyprus, after April 30, the island government…

Due to restrictions on flights between Russia and Spain, tour operators are adjusting their flight programs to this country. The flights scheduled for March and April are canceled; tourists who have previously booked tours are offered alternative options.

Traditionally, the summer season…

Ural Airlines announced the suspension of a number of flights to Italy. The first restrictions will come into force on March 12 for the flights Domodedovo - Venice - Domodedovo (according to currently available information, the special regime will last until April 25).

Also, the flights…

Representatives of tourist retail told about the situation in Turkey. So, several experts at once confirmed that the sales of tour packages actually has frozen last days due to the negative information background that arose in connection with the aggravation of political relations between Russia and…

Tour operators record demand growth in the Maltese destination. According to the Malta Tourism Authority, tourist flows from Russia to Malta have been growing for the fourth year. In 2019, almost 32,5 thousand Russians visited the country, which is 12% higher than in 2018.

According to the…

Pobeda Airlines (part of the Aeroflot Group) will reduce the frequency of flights to Italy until May 2020 due to falling demand in this area.

The adjustment will affect all Italian carrier routes from Moscow: to Bergamo, Rome, Rimini, Pisa and Treviso.

“In March, the scheduled…

The Russian tourist flow to Antalya over the first 2 months of 2020 grew by almost 50% in annual terms.

The Department of Culture and Tourism of the Turkish province of Antalya has published statistics on foreign tourist flow since the beginning of the year. In January-February, almost 389…

Tui Russia will launch its own flight program to Corfu. From the end of May, 4 frequencies per week will be opened from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Corfu.

As the commercial director of Tui Russia tour operator Vladimir Rubtsov said, now the volume of early reservations of Greek resorts…

At the traditional February meeting of the participants of the Combined Network of TBG and Hot Tours, Director General of Mouzenidis Travel Alexander Tsandekidi said that the demand for tours to Greece on early booking stage is 25% higher than last year. According to him, Crete and Halkidiki are the…

The demand for Italian ski resorts this year met all the expectations of tour operators. Already in December, more than 60% of tour packages planned for the winter season was sold. The popularity of the destination among Russian tourists-skiers has grown by 25-30%, Val di Fassa has become the most…

Early booking of tours to Italy for the summer 2020 season is undergoing. Market players say that now they can note that the new season will show a tangible increase in organized tourist flow.

The number of Russian tourists visiting Italy has always remained high. And in recent years there…

Sales of ski resorts in Bulgaria for the 2019-2020 season started actively last spring, however, to date, operators do not note stable growth. Recall that the previous winter season was not the most successful for Bansko and other ski resorts in the country. The resort missed guests from the UK, Turkey,…

The Days of Croatian Tourism, held in Moscow this week, has confirmed the enormous amount of interest on the Russian market for what Croatia has to boast of in its rich tourist offer, the country’s tourism authorities say, according to Total Croatia News.

The Croatian National Tourist Board‘s…

Last year, Spain set another record – 83,7 million foreign tourists, which is 1,1% more than in 2018. According to the National Institute of Statistics, 1,3 million people from Russia visited Spain over the year. Russian tourist flow is growing faster than the market as a whole - it added 6,9% compared…

Turkish hoteliers' income and hotel prices in Turkey reached a three-year record in 2019. Nevertheless, the hotel sector expects an increase in tourist flow in 2020.

The Turkish Hotel Association (TÜROB) has published a final report of the sector in 2019. According to the industry Association,…

Executive Director of the Association of Russian Tour Operators (ATOR) Maya Lomidze spoke about the dynamics of sales of tours in Croatia during early booking stage.

Based on the preliminary data of sales volumes of tours, which already exceed 25% of the results of last year, Croatia this…

Turkey has published official statistics on tourist arrivals for 2019. Russia set a new record of tourist flow to Turkey. Every sixth foreign tourist who visited Turkey last year was a citizen of the Russian Federation.

The Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Turkey has published statistics…

Turkey in January accounts 57% of tours which were sold for the summer season of 2020. The increase of volumes of tours on the early booking stage to Turkey among major players reaches 200%. This is connected with discounts (up to 40-50%) and the activity of tourists.

According to preliminary…