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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…

09.10.2017

The tourists flow from Russia to Antalya reached a historic high in 2017

“3,376 million Russian tourists visited Antalya in January-September 2017, which became a record for tourist traffic from Russia for the entire time of tourist exchanges”, - Gunes (Turkish edition) reports. Earlier the most successful for the Russian market in Antalya was 2014, when the resort was visited…

02.10.2017

Turkey was visited by 3.3 million Russian tourists for 8 months of 2017

“In January-August 2017 3,333 million Russian tourists visited Turkey, which is 10 times higher than in the same period of the last year”, - informs the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Russians are confidently leading among other nationalities by the number of arrivals: their share of visitors…

25.09.2017

Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation: Greece can host a million Russian tourists per year

“Greece, with proper promotion on the Russian market, can host a million Russian tourists a year”, - said Deputy Minister of Culture of Russia Alla Manilova. Minister of Tourism of Greece Elena Kundura reported that in 2017 many Russian tourists who wanted to visit Greece tried to book rooms at the last…

20.09.2017

Rospotrebnadzor about the inspection of Turkish resorts

“The Head of Rospotrebnadzor, Russia's Chief Sanitary Doctor Anna Popova said that according to the results of Russian experts inspection of Turkish coast, the local authorities do not do enough to prevent the spread of the Coxsackie virus”, - reports Interfax-Tourism agency. "Colleagues are coming back…

18.09.2017

The tourist flow to Crete grew by 7% and to Rhodes - decreased by 20%

The tourist flow from Russia to Crete Greek Island increased by 7% in August in comparison with the same month of 2016. Positive dynamics (+ 3%) also is noted in Northern Greece and at Peloponnese Peninsula. But the number of Russian tourists visited Rhodes and Corfu in August is lower than a year earlier:…

14.09.2017

S7 Airlines will perform flights from St. Petersburg to Lyon at the end of the year

“S7 Airlines will start regular flights from St. Petersburg to Lyon since December 29, 2017”, - reported the carrier's press service. Direct flights from Pulkovo Airport will be performed weekly on Fridays. Departure from St. Petersburg is at 7:05, arrival to Lyon airport - at 8:35 of local time. The…

13.09.2017

Every third tourist in Antalya is from Russia

In August the Russian tourist flow to Antalya exceeded the volume of 2014. In the last summer month the main Turkish resort was visited by 654 thousand Russian tourists. Antalya authorities summed up the results of the first 8 months of 2017. According to the authorities of the resort, during this period…

11.09.2017

ATOR: tour operators are waiting for the growth of tourist traffic to Croatia for the autumn season

“The demand for tours to Croatia for autumn season among Russians is higher than in the last year”, - reported the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) with reference to the data of tour operators. The Croatian Tourism Office in Russia reported that from January to August, more than 108 thousand…

08.09.2017

The tourists flow from Russia to Montenegro has decreased for seven months

“The Russian tourist flow to Montenegro has decreased three time for seven months of 2017”, - according to the data of electronic newspaper of Russian Union of Travel Industry (RST) RATA-news. According to the statistics department of the Republic, for the first seven months of 2017 50.2 thousand Russians…

06.09.2017

The tourists flow from Russia to France in 2017 increased by 30%

“The tourist flow to France from Russia has increased by 30% since the beginning of 2017”, - said the Head of the representative office of French Agency for the development of tourism in Russia (Atout France) I. Korotkova. "Russian tourists are on increasingly important place in the structure of the…

05.09.2017

The tourists flow from Russia to Spain grew by almost a quarter in July

“Spain in July 2017 was visited by 186.2 thousand tourists from Russia, which is 23.9% more than in the same month of the last year”, - according to the National Statistical Institute of the country. In total, Spain hosted 10.5 million foreign tourists in July, which is 10.1% more than in July 2016.…

04.09.2017

Airlines of Russia and Greece will increase the frequency of Moscow-Athens flights from 21 to 35 times a week

“Airlines of Russia and Greece will be able to increase the frequency of flights between Moscow and Athens from 21 to 35 times a week”, - according the decision of air authorities of the two countries, published on the website of the Federal Air Transport Agency. Changes are acting on a temporary basis…

04.09.2017

Almost every second tourist came to Antalya from Russia in the summer

“About 2.35 million Russian tourists came to Antalya from January to mid-August, which is almost 40% of the total tourist flow to the Turkish resort”, - reported the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). “At this time, more than 6 million tourists visited Antalya since the beginning of the…

01.09.2017

The tourist flow from Russia to Monaco grew by 19% and returned to the pre-crisis level

“The tourist flow from Russia to Monaco grew by 18.5% in the first half of 2017, in comparison with the same period of the last year”, - according to the Monaco Department of Tourism and Congresses. "The number of nights booked by tourists from Russia in the first half of 2017 was 18.6 thousand, which…

25.08.2017

Turkey, Cyprus and Greece have become the most popular destinations among Ural tourists this summer

“The Urals experts of tourism industry note the growth of out coming tourism. This summer the most popular directions among local tourists are Turkey, Cyprus and Greece”, - said the Executive Director of Urals Tourism Association Mikhail Maltsev. "According to our estimates, after extremely difficult…

24.08.2017

Antalya expects to host more than 10 million tourists in 2017

“According to the results of 2017, Turkish Antalya expects to receive 10.5 million tourists”, - said Munir Karaloglu, the Governor of the resort region. "From January to mid August the increase of tourist flow to Antalya region amounted 65% in comparison with the same period of 2016, and the growth of…

21.08.2017

The sales of Turkey for the autumn season

The leader of this summer season - Turkey - remains one of the most popular destinations and for the first half of the autumn. According to the online aggregator of package tours Onlinetours.ru, Turkey's share in the total sales volume for September and October 2015 was at the level of 30%. This year,…