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25.05.2018

Pobeda airline will fly from Moscow to Bordeaux

Pobeda airline will start flights from Moscow airport Vnukovo to French Bordeaux since June 2 twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Tickets are available for purchasing on the carrier's website, their minimum current value is 10,792 Rubles (144 Euros) for round trip. It is noticeable, that today…

25.05.2018

Russian tourists buy tours to Sicily more actively than last year

Sales of tours for the Italian island of Sicily for the summer season - 2018 are more active than a year earlier. So, according to the Head of the Italy department of PAC GROUP operator Yulia Berdnikova, in her company the rates of early bookings of Sicily is about 20% ahead of the last year, while the…

23.05.2018

In the first quarter Russian tourists in Turkey was 68% more than a year ago

Even in the low season Russia was in the TOP 5 of Turkey's key incoming markets, significantly surpassing the record of 2017. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, in January-March 2018 the country was visited by 5.12 million foreign tourists, which is 35% over the same period in…

23.05.2018

In 2018 Cyprus will save or improve the results of the last season

Tour operators are reckoning on the steady sale of Cyprus in the summer of 2018 due to the availability of guaranteed blocks in the hotels of the island. Also the operators note the increase of the depth of sales and the growing demand for villas and apartments. The leading tour operators say that according…

22.05.2018

Turkish Airlines opens direct flight from Istanbul to Krasnodar

“Turkish Airlines started direct flights from Istanbul to Krasnodar airport”, - reported the press service of the Russian airport. "The flight Istanbul - Krasnodar - Istanbul was launched on May 17, the flights are carried out five times a week", - said the airport representative. The flights are performed…

22.05.2018

Cyprus: the results for three months of 2018

“The tourist flow to Cyprus in January-March 2018 increased by 29.3% in comparison with the same period of the last year and amounted 369.4 thousand tourists”, - according to the Cyprus Mail newspaper. According to the publication, in March the island was visited by 192 thousand tourists, which is 36.4%…

19.05.2018

Flydubai has doubled Russian passenger traffic in 2017

In 2017 Flydubai airline has increased passenger traffic on Russian routes by half in comparison with 2016. This year the company plans to maintain its positions at least. "In 2018 the situation depends on the exchange rate and the economy situation as a whole. We expect that at least the traffic will…

19.05.2018

Flights of tour operators to Cyprus

The year-round flight program of Biblio-Globus tour operator to Larnaca in the summer season 2018 will be carried out by Rossia airline from April to October every day with an increasing up to several flights a day from Moscow and St. Petersburg by Boeing-747 with business class. In the summer season…

19.05.2018

The growth of the tourist flow from Russia to Monaco continued in early 2018

“The tourist flow from Russia to Monaco continued to grow in 2018. Since the beginning of the year the increase of the number of Russians amounted 10%”, - said the Deputy Director of the Tourism Authority of Monaco Guy Antonelli. "In 2015-2016 we had a decline of the number of Russian tourists due to…

18.05.2018

Dolphin plans to send to Bulgaria 10-15 thousand tourists

Dolphin tour operator has replenished its range of resorts with one more abroad destination. On the website of the tour operator - one of the leading players on the internal tourism market - has appeared a new direction of out coming tourism – Bulgaria. According to the company's General Director Sergey…

10.05.2018

Almost 100 thousand Russians visited Turkey in March

“97,400 Russians visited Turkey in March, which is 66% more than in the same period a year earlier”, - according to the statistics of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the country. In total in March Turkey hosted 2.1 million foreign visitors - 35% more than in March 2017. The first line by the number…

08.05.2018

Tour operators called the demand for resorts of Turkey from Russians in 2018 as unprecedente

“The tour operators note a multifold increase of demand of Russian tourists for Turkey's resorts in comparison with 2017”, - reported the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Monday. "The demand for Turkey in the summer season of 2018 is very high, and in Moscow, and in St. Petersburg, and…

07.05.2018

The Russian tourist flow to Cyprus fell by 5% for the first quarter of 2018

According to the results of the first quarter of 2018, the Russian tourist flow to Cyprus showed a decrease of 5% in comparison with the same period of the last year, but in April the traffic has increased by 14%. According to the official statistics of Cyprus, for the first three months of this year…

04.05.2018

Some hotels in Turkey stopped selling on European market in favor of Russian tourists

Representatives of the largest hotels in Turkey note the significant growth of the tourist flow from Russia and Europe. Many hotels have already stopped sales for Europeans to leave places for Russian tourists in the upcoming summer season. "We already stop-sale in our hotels for Europeans - we keep…

03.05.2018

Simplified visa regime for tourists arriving from Turkey to Greek islands has extended

“The European Commission agreed to extend for 2018 a simplified visa regime for tourists arriving from Turkey and planning to visit Greek islands of the Aegean Sea”, - the press service of the Greek Foreign Ministry reported. This system was launched in 2012. It allows tourists who stay on the Aegean…

03.05.2018

Turkish airlines Atlasglobal and Onur Air began flying from Antalya to Belgorod

“Turkish airlines Atlasglobal and Onur Air have started flights to Antalya from Belgorod International Airport”, - the airport press service reported. The first Atlasglobal flight took place on April 26. The flight program is scheduled for the period until October 15, 2018. From Belgorod Atlasglobal…

27.04.2018

Turkish hoteliers forecast a 15% increase of the number of tourists from Russia

In Turkey the main planned figures for arrivals from two key markets were recently announced: 6 million tourists - from Russia and more than 5 million - from Germany. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu also has predicted the figures, being in Antalya. According to him, this year…

18.04.2018

The flights programs of tour operators to Greece

A number of Greek tourist players have increased the volume of air transportation to Greece for this summer. Thus, the tour operator "Muzenidis Travel" this year will increase the volume of transportation on the Greek destinations by 35%. The basis of the flight program is the flights of Ellinair airline,…

12.04.2018

Croatia expects a 50% increase of the Russian tourist flow

Croatia plans to host 200 thousand Russian tourists in 2018. These expectations are supported by the increasing volume of tour operators in Croatia in the summer season 2018. The activity of early booking for a number of players exceeds the last year's indicators by 30-100% - tourists are trying to buy…

28.03.2018

The struggle for summer Turkey-2018 is intensified

Another major tour operator declared about increasing of regional transportation to several Turkish resorts. The management of Coral Travel tour operator reported that in the upcoming season there will be flights from 45 Russian cities to Antalya (+4 against the previous season), to Dalaman - from 10…

Pobeda airline will fly from Moscow to Bordeaux

Russian tourists buy tours to Sicily more actively than last year

In the first quarter Russian tourists in Turkey was 68% more than a year ago

In 2018 Cyprus will save or improve the results of the last season

Turkish Airlines opens direct flight from Istanbul to Krasnodar

Cyprus: the results for three months of 2018

Flydubai has doubled Russian passenger traffic in 2017

Flights of tour operators to Cyprus

The growth of the tourist flow from Russia to Monaco continued in early 2018

Dolphin plans to send to Bulgaria 10-15 thousand tourists

Almost 100 thousand Russians visited Turkey in March

Tour operators called the demand for resorts of Turkey from Russians in 2018 as unprecedente

The Russian tourist flow to Cyprus fell by 5% for the first quarter of 2018

Some hotels in Turkey stopped selling on European market in favor of Russian tourists

Simplified visa regime for tourists arriving from Turkey to Greek islands has extended

Turkish airlines Atlasglobal and Onur Air began flying from Antalya to Belgorod

Turkish hoteliers forecast a 15% increase of the number of tourists from Russia

The flights programs of tour operators to Greece

Croatia expects a 50% increase of the Russian tourist flow

The struggle for summer Turkey-2018 is intensified

There are more countries and destinations with direct flights from Russia this summer comparing with the summer 2023.

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