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27.12.2017

Russians began to travel more in Italy

According to the National Tourism Agency of Italy (ENIT), 644 thousand Russians visited Italy from January to August this year, which is 8.2% more than last year. This was announced by Giovanni Bastianelli, Executive director of the Rome’s office of ENIT at an Italian workshop in Moscow. Moreover, according…

20.12.2017

Turkey predicted the number of Russian tourists in 2018

Experts from Turkish aviation sector say that the country is able to increase incoming traffic from Russia by 15-20% in 2018. This prediction, based on an analysis of capabilities of air transportation, said the Head of Atlasglobal airline Murat Ersoy. In particular, he said that the record number of…

13.12.2017

Over 910 thousand Russians will visit Greece before the end of 2017

“Over 910,000 Russians will visit Greece in 2017, which is 10-12% more than in 2016”, - reported the Director of Greek National Tourism Organization in Russia and the CIS Polikarpos Efstatiou. P. Efstatiou added that at present time the number of Russian tourists, who come after the summer period, is…

12.12.2017

The Russian passenger traffic of Turkish Airlines has grown more than 30 times since 2006

“The passenger traffic of Turkish Airlines in the Russian direction has increased more than 30 times since 2006”, - said the Director General of Turkish Airlines in Russia Mefail Deribash, "In 2006 we transported only 60,000 passengers from Russia. We plan to close this year by figure of 1.5 million…

08.12.2017

The number of Russians tourists in Antalya is twice more than Germans

For 11 months of 2017, Antalya International Airport hosted 3,695 million of Russian tourists. But in November the Germans are still the first. 2017 year became a record for Russian tourism in Antalya. By the number of arrivals at Anatolian airport, the Russian market surpassed the results of successful…

08.12.2017

Air Malta will resume flights to St. Petersburg

“Air Malta will launch flights from Malta to St. Petersburg's Pulkovo airport on March 29, 2018”, - reported the air harbor press service. Flights will be performed by Airbus A320 twice a week: from Valletta (the capital of Malta) to Petersburg, airplanes will be departed on Wednesdays and Saturdays,…

08.12.2017

Tourist flow from Russia to Turkey has grown almost six times for 10 months of 2017

“About 4.6 million Russians visited Turkey in January-October this year, which is almost six times more than during the same period of the last year, when the country was visited by about 766, 9 thousand Russians”, - follows from statistics published on the site of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture…

06.12.2017

The number of Russian tourists in Spain increased by 13.6% in January-October 2017

“The tourist flow from Russia to Spain increased by 13.6% for 10 months of 2017”, - according to the Spanish National Institute of Statistics. In the period from January to October this year 1,042,715 tourists from Russia visited Spain, which is 13.6% more than in the same months of 2016. Only in October…

04.12.2017

The new charter line to Albania will appear on the Russian market

“From June 21, 2018 charter flights from Moscow to the capital of Albania - Tirana will be launched. The frequency of flights will be once a week”, - informed the press service of Space Travel company. While the tour operator does not disclose the information which airline will transport the tourists.…

28.11.2017

Early booking of Turkey surpasses a record high

This year early booking of Turkey is more active than in the past. This was reported by representatives of travel agencies. Thus, according to Maria Leshcheva, Marketing Director of 1001 tour travel agency network, this autumn Turkey's bookings for arrivals from April to October 2018 are already 7.5…

27.11.2017

France expects to return to the pre-crisis tourist flow from Russia in 2017

“France expects to host a pre-crisis number of tourists from Russia in 2017”, - said Inessa Korotkova, the Head of French representative office of the Agency for the Development of Tourism (Atout France) in Russia and the CIS. "You know that after 2014 the Russian tourism to Europe has seriously fallen,…

24.11.2017

The new direct flight to Malta will raise sales in the season

The direction showed growth this year both among organized and independent tourists. In 2018 direct transportation to Malta will be more. Since March 2018 Air Malta resumes regular flights from St. Petersburg to Malta. At the same time from Moscow the national carrier will perform three and in the summer…

22.11.2017

Greece expects to host about 900 thousand Russian tourists in 2017

“Greece expects to host 850-880 thousand Russian tourists by the end of 2017”, - said the Director of the representative office of the national Greece tourist organization in Russia and CIS countries Polikarpos Efstatieu. "The current year will end with a significant plus and we are very happy with it.…

13.11.2017

Tour operators are interested in the new flight program to Sardinia

S7 Airlines announced the opening of regular flights to Sardinia. The carrier will perform flights from Domodedovo airport to Olbia and Cagliari since June 2 and 3, 2018 respectively. Departures from Moscow will be carried out by Airbus A320. Tour operators are already interested in the flight program.…

27.10.2017

Prices for vacation in Turkey can grow by 10-15% in the next season

“Prices for vacation in Turkey may grow in the next season by 10-15% because of the low margin of hoteliers at the current price level”, - reports the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) referring to the culture and tourism adviser of the Embassy of Turkey in Russian Federation Alpera Ozkan.…

25.10.2017

Turkey rely on the restoration of the tourist traffic in 2018

Turkey partly restored the increase of the foreign tourist flow due to Russian tourists. About this on Sunday, October 22 said the Chairman of the board of directors of the international tourist holding OTI Ayhan Bektash. "2016 year was difficult not only for the whole world, but also for OTI-holding.…

16.10.2017

There will be a direct flight from St. Petersburg to Tenerife

"Ural Airlines" in the winter season 2017 will begin flights from St. Petersburg to Tenerife. This was reported on October 12 in the press service of the carrier. The flight will be carried out from October 27 on Fridays and with refueling in Barcelona. The cost of one ticket starts from 20 thousand…

16.10.2017

One more airline will connect Cyprus

The Cyprus carrier Cobalt Air enters the Russian market. From October 29 the airline will perform flights from Paphos to Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport twice a week. Sales of air tickets for the winter period are already open on the company's website. In November and December an average 179 Euros will…

16.10.2017

More than 580 thousand Russian tourists visited Cyprus for 8 months

“Almost 582 thousand Russian tourists visited Cyprus from January to August 2017. It is the second result on the island after Britain”, - informed the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) with reference to the data of the Cyprus tourist organization. "This result is 4.7% higher than in the…

10.10.2017

Russian tour operators will finish charter programs to Turkey after the first week of November

“Russian tour operators will offer tourists charter programs to Turkey until the first week of November”, - the Turkish Milliyet edition reports. "The Russian tourists will arrive to Turkey until November 5. The season will be long, in particular - due to the ban of flights to Egypt", - the publication…

Russians began to travel more in Italy

Turkey predicted the number of Russian tourists in 2018

Over 910 thousand Russians will visit Greece before the end of 2017

The Russian passenger traffic of Turkish Airlines has grown more than 30 times since 2006

The number of Russians tourists in Antalya is twice more than Germans

Air Malta will resume flights to St. Petersburg

Tourist flow from Russia to Turkey has grown almost six times for 10 months of 2017

The number of Russian tourists in Spain increased by 13.6% in January-October 2017

The new charter line to Albania will appear on the Russian market

Early booking of Turkey surpasses a record high

France expects to return to the pre-crisis tourist flow from Russia in 2017

The new direct flight to Malta will raise sales in the season

Greece expects to host about 900 thousand Russian tourists in 2017

Tour operators are interested in the new flight program to Sardinia

Prices for vacation in Turkey can grow by 10-15% in the next season

Turkey rely on the restoration of the tourist traffic in 2018

There will be a direct flight from St. Petersburg to Tenerife

One more airline will connect Cyprus

More than 580 thousand Russian tourists visited Cyprus for 8 months

Russian tour operators will finish charter programs to Turkey after the first week of November

The preferences of Russian cruise tourists have changed over the past three years

Karnataka Tourism greeted travel professionals in St. Petersburg

Health & Wellness tourism: myths and reality

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