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17.04.2017

In 2017 Turkish Airlines expects to increase passenger traffic from Russia to the level of 2015

“Turkish Airlines plans to increase its passenger traffic in Russia to 1 million passengers in 2017”, - said the Deputy director of Turkish airline Ahmet Olmushtur at a press conference at Samara airport Kurumoch. "In 2016, the passenger flow of the airline in Russia has decreased up to 700 thousand.…

17.04.2017

Turkish airline “Onur Air” refused to plan flights to Istanbul from a number of Russian cities

“Turkish low-cost airline “Onur Air” refused from regular flights to Istanbul from Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Chelyabinsk and Volgograd, due to low demand. These routes were planned to open in spring of this year”, - said Elmir Tulunai the Head of sales department of “Onur Air”. According to her, this…

14.04.2017

Greece opened a new visa center in Moscow

“The new Greece visa center has opened in Moscow near the metro station "Tulskaya", - said the correspondent of the portal "Interfax-Tourism”. The visa center is located at Mytnaya Street 66. Now the center is opened as for tour operators and for private clients too. Previously these functions were divided…

14.04.2017

The volumes of booking Turkey’s resorts declined after reports of a possible suspension of charter flights

“The rates of bookings Turkey’s resorts fell by a third after reports of a possible suspension of charters flights to the country”, - said the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurina. "There are no refusals from the tours. According to one of the major tour operators, they…

13.04.2017

"Pobeda" will launch flights to Reus from June 3

“Low-cost airline “Pobeda" (the part of the Aeroflot group) will launch flights from Moscow to Spanish Reus from June 3, 2017”, - reported the company's press service. The flights will be performed from Moscow airport "Vnukovo" twice a week - on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Departure time from Vnukovo is…

11.04.2017

The Russian Airlines are warned about possible suspension of charter flights to Turkey

“The Russian airlines are notified of a possible suspension of charter flights to Turkey”, - said Interfax agency an informed source. "A warning has been received about the possibility of temporary suspension of the charter flights of Russian airlines to Turkey's airports", - added the source. “A relevant…

11.04.2017

The tourists flow from Russia to Monaco has increased by 50% since the beginning of 2017

“The Russian tourist flow to Monaco increased by 50% in January and February 2017. Russia is on the fifth position by this indicator among the other countries”, - said the President of the Department for Tourism and Congresses of Monaco Guillaume Roses. "In the fourth quarter of 2016 the number of nights…

07.04.2017

The number of tourists from Russia to Turkey has doubled in February

“The Russian tourists visited Turkey much more actively in February 2017 than a year ago: the tourist flow has increased by 95.6% (39.26 thousand) against the same month of the last year”, - according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the country. However, the total number of foreign tourists…

07.04.2017

Aeroflot will launch flights to Lisbon from July 15

“Aeroflot will start flights from Moscow to Lisbon from July 15, 2017”, - said the carrier's press service. The flight SU 2606 Moscow - Lisbon is scheduled on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, departure from Moscow at 19:50, arrival to Lisbon at 23:20 (local time). The return flight SU 2607 Lisbon -…

06.04.2017

The tourist flow from Russia to Spain increased by 14% for two months

“In January-February 2017, 107.3 thousand Russian tourists visited Spain, which is 14.2% more than in the same period of the last year”, - according to the data of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) of the country. The total number of tourists who arrived Spain for the period of two months in…

03.04.2017

Ministry of Transport has allowed "Pobeda" airline to fly to Spanish, but refused to fly to Bulgaria

‘The Interdepartmental Commission of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation allowed “Pobeda” airline to perform regular flights from Moscow to Spanish city – Reus”, - according to the materials, published by Rosaviatsia. The carrier can fly in this direction up to four times a week. However,…

22.03.2017

Croatia plans to increase the tourists flow from Russia to 200 thousand in 2017

“Croatia intends to increase the number of arriving Russian tourists to 200 thousand people in 2017”, - reports the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) with reference to the Minister of Tourism of the country Gary Cappelli. During the round table in Moscow, the Minister said that Croatia aims…

21.03.2017

Flights to Greece in summer season will come from 18 cities of Russia

“Flights to Greece in the summer of 2017 will be performed from 18 Russian cities”, - said Polikarpos Evstafiu the Head of the Greek National Tourist Organization in Moscow. "Flights to Greece will be carried out from 18 cities, including all major cities. We try to organize - where we have visa centers…

20.03.2017

Turkey will continue to subsidize charters with Russian tourists in 2017

“Turkey in 2017 will continue to subsidize charters with Russian tourists”, - said the Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey Husein Yayman. "As in the previous three years, Turkey will continue to support companies sending charter flights with tourists. For each airplane with 100 tourists…

17.03.2017

Russian tourists spent almost a billion Euros in Catalonia in 2016

“The Russian tourists spent 972 million Euros in Catalonia in 2016, which is 23% more than a year ago”, - said the Secretary of the Tourism Ministry of the region Joan Aregeau. "In 2016, Catalonia was visited by 560,000 Russian tourists, 4% more than a year earlier. They spent 972 million Euros for the…

15.03.2017

Bulgaria expects the growth of the tourist flow from Russia by 10% in the upcoming summer

“The tourist flow from Russia to the Bulgarian resorts in the summer season 2017 will increase by about 10%”, - said the press secretary of the Russian Tour Operators Union Irina Tyurina referring to the data of the country's tourism ministry. "Based on the preliminary results of early booking (which…

13.03.2017

Bulgaria is ready to compete with Turkey and Egypt in 2017

“In 2017 Bulgaria is ready to compete with Turkey and Egypt, when this destination will be opened to Russians”, - said Bulgaria's tourism attaché in Russia Katia Zhekova. "Turkey and Egypt are Bulgaria's competitors on the Russian market, but each direction has its own audience. Practice shows that…

10.03.2017

Demand in early booking for Montenegro rose by 50%

“The tour operators report about increase in early booking demand for tours to Montenegro by 40-50% against the last year's figures”, - said the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurina. "The early booking of Montenegro have grown by 40-50%, but the representatives of the…

09.03.2017

The tourist flow from Russia to Greece grew by one third in 2016

“Almost 900,000 Russian tourists came to Greece in 2016, which is 30℅ more than a year ago”, - said Georgy Mavrommatis - the representative of the Greek National Tourist Association. "The overall growth of the tourist flow from Russia to Greece amounted 30% in comparison with 2015, we approached the…

06.03.2017

New Spanish visa centers will be opened in eight regions of Russia

According to the General Consulate of Spain, since March 3 the eight visa centers will be opened in Saratov, Nizhny Novgorod, Voronezh, Samara, Ufa, Krasnoyarsk, Perm and Krasnodar. Addresses of the new visa centers: Saratov, 410031, st. Pervomayskaya, 74 Nizhny Novgorod, 603086, st. Kerchenskaya, 13…