Despite the closed skies of Europe, Italy has opened its borders for Russian tourists. Italian Visa Application Centers in Moscow and the regions have resumed accepting documents for tourist visas.

From March 1, Italy has lifted the mandatory quarantine, including for visitors arriving from…

Ural Airlines cancels flights to foreign destinations. Due to the closure of the European skies, flight programs to Hungary, Spain, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Portugal have been cancelled.

The airline, as follows from the information published on its website, also canceled flights U6 7019/7020…

Charter programs of tour operators to Turkey and Egypt continue to be implemented. The crisis did not affect flights to other eastern destinations. For tourists from cities in the zone of closed airspace, the tour programs have been adjusted. With regular flights the situation is a little more difficult.

On…

Ural Airlines has canceled its flight program to Madeira. Earlier, about 200 tourists flied to this Portuguese island.

An announcement was posted on the carrier's website that flights U6 1897/1898 on the route Zhukovsky - Funchal - Zhukovsky were canceled on February 27. More precisely,…

From March 1, 2022, the current restrictions on entry into Italy from Russia for the purpose of tourism will end. This was reported on February 23, 2022 on the website of the Italian Consulate General in Russia. Russians will only need a visa and a negative PCR test to enter.

As it was reported…

For most tour operators, the early booking campaign in Greece began last autumn. However, traditionally, the main volume of the company’s tours is offered in January-February. As a rule, Greece early booking promotions last until the end of April.

“Discounts for accommodation are now 20-30%,”…

Biblio-Globus tour operator has already arranged a flight program to Cyprus from Moscow and St. Petersburg. Totally, the company plans a flight program to Cyprus from 16 cities of Russia. Rossiya Airlines will start flights from mid-March. Weekly flights have been scheduled since May. The cost of…

The Government of Cyprus has made a number of decisions concerning the conditions of entry of foreign citizens from March 1, 2022. Thus, travelers who have been vaccinated or have had coronavirus are exempt from the obligations of providing PCR tests, observing quarantine and obtaining special entry…

The agreement on the resumption of 11 regular flights between Greece and Russia in the summer season was announced by the Federal Air Transport Agency and its Greek counterpart, the Greek Civil Aviation Service.

Now, we are talking about the flights of the Greek carrier Aegan Airlines.

According…

The Council of Ministers of Cyprus recently approved a new action plan for the smooth operation of flights and airports at Larnaca and Paphos in the Covid-19 era that will come into effect from March 1. According to the new action plan, the categorization of countries based on their epidemiological…

In 2021, Russians made more than 145 000 trips to Croatia. Such statistics on the Russian tourist flow were published by the tourism office of the Republic of Croatia in Russia.

According to the head of the Croatian tourism office, Mr. Rajko Ruzicka, the final result of 2021 exceeded the…

The "Green corridor" opened the Portuguese resort island of Madeira for Russian tourists. Moreover, the resort is ready to accept tourists regardless of their vaccine status.

In this regard, Russian tour operators presented their own programs for tourists. "The visa department of Tui Russia…

Cyprus has taken an important step in attracting Russian tourists by recognizing Sputnik Light, a single-dose vaccine, as a vaccine.

In addition, Cyprus has reduced the validity of vaccination certificates to seven months. After this period, tourists can still enter Cyprus and check into…

The tour operator Pegas Turistik has presented a flight program to Cyprus for the summer season 2022. According to the announcement of the tour operator, the program is planned with direct flights of the Nord Wind airline to Larnaca from twelve Russian cities.

The start of the program from…

According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, for 11 months of 2021 (January - November inclusive), 22 819 746 arrivals of foreign citizens were registered in Turkey. This is 89,6% more than for the same period in 2020, but 46,8% less than the figures for 11 months of 2019.

At…

In 2022, the volume of Russian tourist flow to Turkey will reach pre-covid indicators and amount to about 10 million tourists, as it was reported by the chairman of the board of directors of Coral Travel Joshkun Yurt.

“The pandemic had a negative impact on Turkish holiday consumers from…

Russia and Bulgaria will continue close cooperation in the field of tourism. The Bulgarian side is interested in the soonest restoration of the tourist flow from Russia. Due to the pandemic, it fell several times.

According to the Ministry of Tourism of Bulgaria, as of October 2021, about…

Turkey is by far the leader among the countries where Russians traveled to from January to September 2021 for tourism purpose. Almost 2,9 million Russian tourists visited the country over three quarters, according to the statistics of the Russian FSB Border Service.

Cyprus is in the second…

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey has published statistics, according to which about a million Russians visited the Republic in October this year.

This figure is almost twice more than the data for October 2020. Over ten months of 2021, 4,36 million Russian tourists visited Turkey,…

In 2022, Turkey can receive up to 8 million Russian tourists, exceeding its pre - covid level and setting an absolute record in the entire history of tourism in this country.

This optimistic forecast was given by the Minister of Tourism and Culture of the country Mehmed Nuri Ersoy after…