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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…

06.03.2017

The flow of Russian tourists to Spain increased by 7% in January

“In January 2017 Spain was visited by 63,6 thousand Russian tourists, which is 6.8% more than in the same period of the last year”, - according to the data of the National Statistics Institute (INE) of the country. The total number of visitors in the first month of 2017 was 3.9 million, which is 3.5%…

03.03.2017

Early booking tours to Greece six times more, than in the last year

Despite the returning of Turkey on the Russian tourism market and expected the opening of air traffic with Egypt, Greece in the summer season 2017 will be among the most sought-after holiday’s destinations for Russians. This point of view stated CEO of tour operator "Mouzenidis Travel" Alexander Tsandekidi.…

01.03.2017

“Onur Air” airline will launch regular flights from Istanbul to Chelyabinsk in spring season

“International airport "Chelyabinsk" has accorded a regular flights program Istanbul - Chelyabinsk with the low cost Turkish “Onur Air”, which will be performed from April 30 till the end of October this year”, - reported the Commercial director of "Chelyabinsk Airlines" Ksenia Agafonova. "The flights…

28.02.2017

In January the Russians received French visas two times more than a year earlier

“In the first month of the year the Russian tourists received 12 thousand visas to France, it is twice more than in January 2016”, - reported Mark Sedy the Consul General of France in Russia. "Last January, we issued 100% more visas, than in the same month in 2016. Totally, we issued 12 thousand French…

27.02.2017

Turkish Airlines will stop flights from Astrakhan to Turkey in March due to unprofitability

“Turkish Airlines will stop flights to Istanbul from Astrakhan since March 25”, said in the company. "On March 24, 25 we will perform the last flight from Astrakhan and the company closes its office in this airport. Flights terminated due to non-profitability", - added the employee of the company. The…

27.02.2017

Ministry of Transport allowed airline "Pobeda" to fly to Alanya, but refused for flights to Rome

“Interdepartmental Commission at the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation issued permission to "Pobeda" airline for regular flights from Moscow to the Turkish resort Alanya”, - it was reported on the Federal Air Transport Agency website on Wednesday. The carrier will fly to Alanya airport…

27.02.2017

ATOR: demand for France will recover to pre-crisis level by the end of the year

“The demand of Russian tourists for holiday in France will recover to pre-crisis level before the end of the year”, - said the Executive director of the Association of Russian Tour Operators Maya Lomidze. "The demand for tours to Paris among Russian tourists stabilized and even has a trend for growth.…

20.02.2017

"Mouzenidis Travel" will send half a million tourists in 2017

More than 30 thousand Russians have already booked tours to Greece for the 2017 season in the tour operator "Mouzenidis Travel". Over 1,000 of them will spend holidays at the resorts of Athens and Pieria. It was said by CEO "Mouzenidis Travel" Alexander Tsandekidi on business meeting with travel agents.…

20.02.2017

Antalya is waiting for up to 2.5 million Russian tourists

The hoteliers of Antalya, the Turkey's most popular resort, plan to host from 2 to 2.5 million of Russian tourists in this year. By their estimation, the reason for such a favorable prognosis is the Turkey's leadership on the Russian market at the stage of early booking. The Turkish resorts now account…

17.02.2017

Booking of the tours to Greece are growing rapidly

“In January 2017 the volume of sales of tours to Greece rose by 35% against the same period og the last year. In particular, during the first month of this year the shares of early booking tours to Greek resorts has already bought by more than 30 thousand Russians”, - said the General director of "Mouzenidis…

14.02.2017

"Intourist" will launch five weekly flights from Samara to Turkey in the summer period

“The tour operator "Intourist" plans to launch five weekly charter flights from Samara airport "Kurumoch" to Antalya and Dalaman in the summer. The planned volume of transportation will be 25% more than in 2015”, - said at a press conference the Deputy Director General of the company Alexander Musikhin.…

10.02.2017

Ural Airlines will be able to carry out the regular flights between Moscow and Dalaman

“Ural Airlines has received the status of carrier, assigned from Russian Federation, to carry out regular flights on the route Moscow - Dalaman (Turkey)”, - reported the Federal Air Transport Agency on Friday. The company will be able to perform up to 7 flights per week. Earlier, the airline "Rossia"…

10.02.2017

"Nordavia" has refused from allowances for flights to Israel and Cyprus from "Zhukovsky"

“Airline "Nordavia" has refused from allowances to carry out regular flights from Moscow airport "Zhukovsky" to Tel Aviv and Larnaca”, - reported the Federal Air Transport Agency on Thursday. Both allowances "Nordavia" received in August last year. At the same time representative of the company said,…

07.02.2017

Nordwind Airlines will launch regular flights from Volgograd to Istanbul

“Nordwind Airlines will perform regular flights from Volgograd to Istanbul”, - said the press service of the Federal Air Transport Agency. "In accordance with the note of the MFA of Russia, the LLC "North Wind" is appointed by the Russian side to carry out scheduled air flights on the rout Volgograd…

07.02.2017

Aviation authorities of Russia and Bulgaria have agreed to increase the transportation

Russian Aviation and Bulgarian authorities have discussed the development of air links between the two countries on January 24-25. "As a result of the consultations the special Protocol was adopted, which, in particular, stands for increasing of volume of air passenger traffic between the two countries…

30.01.2017

Tour Operators announced their summer programs to Greek Crete.

Market participants noted a significant intensification of demand for Greek Crete for the coming summer. Thus, according to TEZ Tour and ANEX Tour, pre-sale of trips to Crete in the mid of January increased two times against the same period of the last year. "Biblio Globus" and "Pegas Touristik" also…

27.01.2017

The tourist flow from Russia to Croatia has grew by 6% in 2016

“About 120 thousand Russians visited Croatia last year, which is 6% more than in 2015”, - according to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), which is citing the data from the National Tourist Croatia. “Totally in 2016 Croatia was visited by about 16.35 million foreign visitors. The number…

Demand in early booking for Montenegro rose by 50%

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

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

The flow of Russian tourists to Spain increased by 7% in January

Early booking tours to Greece six times more, than in the last year

“Onur Air” airline will launch regular flights from Istanbul to Chelyabinsk in spring season

In January the Russians received French visas two times more than a year earlier

Turkish Airlines will stop flights from Astrakhan to Turkey in March due to unprofitability

Ministry of Transport allowed airline "Pobeda" to fly to Alanya, but refused for flights to Rome

ATOR: demand for France will recover to pre-crisis level by the end of the year

"Mouzenidis Travel" will send half a million tourists in 2017

Antalya is waiting for up to 2.5 million Russian tourists

Booking of the tours to Greece are growing rapidly

"Intourist" will launch five weekly flights from Samara to Turkey in the summer period

Ural Airlines will be able to carry out the regular flights between Moscow and Dalaman

"Nordavia" has refused from allowances for flights to Israel and Cyprus from "Zhukovsky"

Nordwind Airlines will launch regular flights from Volgograd to Istanbul

Aviation authorities of Russia and Bulgaria have agreed to increase the transportation

Tour Operators announced their summer programs to Greek Crete.

The tourist flow from Russia to Croatia has grew by 6% in 2016

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

Karnataka Tourism greeted travel professionals in St. Petersburg

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