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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…

27.03.2018

Turkey will become the undisputed leader among foreign destinations in the summer of 2018

“In summer of 2018 Turkey will become the undisputed leader among foreign destinations for Russians”, - said the Executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze. Greece, Cyprus, Spain and Bulgaria are also showing good dynamics. The demand for early booking of these…

26.03.2018

The flow of tourists from Russia to Turkey in January increased by 70%

“The tourist flow from Russia to Turkey in January rose by 70% in comparison with the same period of the last year”, - according to statistics of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey. In January the country was visited by 68 thousand Russian tourists, which is 70.3% more than a year earlier…

23.03.2018

The number of Russian tourists in Antalya has grown by 70%

The Turkish Antalya summed up the results of foreign tourist flow for the first two months of 2018. In absolute numbers of arrivals the German tourists are ahead of the Russian ones, however, the growth rates of the Russian market are almost 3 times higher. According to the administration of Antalya,…

21.03.2018

In 2017 OTI Group, TUI and Anex Tour operators served most of all Russian tourists in Turkey

“OTI Group (the holding which includes the Russian tour operator Coral Travel), TUI group and Anex Tour have served the most volume of Russian tourists in Turkey in 2017”, - reported the local Turizmdatabank portal. In comparison with 2016, TUI has ceded leadership to OTI Group, while Anex Tour rose…

21.03.2018

Mouzenidis announced "island expansion"

In the summer season of 2018, the tour operator Mouzenidis Travel planned a 30% growth of volumes. The greatest increase will be on Greek islands: there will be a two-fold increase only for Crete due to an exclusive flight to Chania. The tour operator also opens other new directions. In 2017 Mouzenidis…

20.03.2018

Greece is waiting for a million of Russian tourists in 2018

“As a result of the last year Greece expects to host a million Russian tourists”, - said the Minister of Tourism of the country Elena Kundura at MITT-2018 exhibition. According to her, last year Greece managed to increase the volume of tourist traffic by 9%, increasing it up to 30 million foreign visitors.…

20.03.2018

Greece will allocate 845 thousand Euros to Russian tour operators for the promotion of destination

“The Greek National Tourist Organization (GNTO) will allocate almost 845,000 Euros to 10 Russian tour operators for the promotion of the direction”, - reported the Association of Russian Tour Operators (ATOR). "In total, more than 100 tour operators from 20 countries are included in the GNTO list. As…

16.03.2018

Aeroflot will begin flights to Verona and Naples in July 2018

“Aeroflot airline will open flights from Moscow to Verona and Naples cities since July 1, 2018”, - reports the carrier's press service. The flight SU 2482 will depart from Sheremetyevo at 7:35 and arrive to Verona at 10:00. The return flight SU 2483 will depart Verona at 11:10 and arrive to Sheremetyevo…

15.03.2018

Flight Program 2018 from Russia to Turkey in Details

We analysed flight programs of all Russian tour operators to different resorts of Turkey from all cities of Russia. There are more than 40 cities of departure from Russia Federation. Please see by the link the table with full details.