Bulgaria considers Russia an exclusively important and strategic counterpart in tourism, Bulgaria’s Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova said in an interview with TASS on Friday. "Our countries now continue an extremely honest dialogue, which favors expanding and deepening of relations in the tourism…
On November 27, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow would suspend the visa-free regime between Russia and Turkey from January 1, 2016 The decision to this effect was taken after the Turkish Air Force attacked Russia’s Sukhoi Su-24 bomber on November 24 , 2015, as it was performing…
Russian State Duma’s International Affairs Committee chairman Alexey Pushkov has said Wednesday he does not see any prospects of resuming Russian mass tourism and charter flights to Turkey in the foreseeable future.
"Talking about Turkey, I do not see any prospects of returning to…
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) has sent a directive to the Russian air carriers and airports on the introduction of additional measures to ensure safety of passengers and minimize all risks and threats during regular flights between Russia and Turkey, the agency’s press service…
Major tourism operators with the Turkish shares will have to review their presence in the Russian market, and many Russians, working for those companies, may face losing jobs, press secretary of the Russian Union of Tourism Industry Irina Turina said on Monday. "The holdings, which unite big operators,…
The decision to suspend the visaless regime with Turkey is not critical for the Russian tour industry, the executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia, Maya Lomidze, has told TASS. "As far as outbound tourism is concerned, this decision is not critical at all. Tours are not being…
Turkey's annual revenues from Russian tourists stood at $10 bln, Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism (Rostourism) Oleg Safonov said on Thursday. "More than 4.400 mln Russian tourists used to visit Turkey each year while the country's annual revenues from them stood at around $10 bln," Safonov said,…
Pegas Touristik, one of Russia’s largest tour operators, has cancelled all holiday packages to Turkey until December 29, its general director said on Wednesday. "We have currently suspended sales to the Turkish Republic. All tour packages sold until December 29 have been cancelled. Tourists who purchased…
Gloria Hotels has launched a new website combining all seven Gloria Hotels group properties under one domain. The easy-to-use website provides all the information and functionality needed to book a room, dinner, a celebration or wedding in English, Arabic, Russian, German and Chinese languages.
New resort company, Ikos Resorts, will be at World Travel Market London 2015 to highlight its first two properties, which opened this year. The Ikos Oceania opened in March and the Ikos Olivia opened in May, both in the Greek region of Halkidiki, on the Aegean Sea. The all-inclusive five-star properties…
Reducing number of Russian tourists visiting the Turkish province of Antalya, will lead to a loss of $ 5 billion by the end of 2015, reports on the results of 2015, according to BGN News. At the same time Turkey's overall revenue losses in the tourism sector could reach $ 10 billion. According to the…
Tour operators predict a decrease in the number of Russian tourists to Bulgaria by 20% for the year, the Tourism Attache of the Bulgarian Embassy in the Russian Federation Katya Zhekova reported on Thursday. "In the summer the situation with tourists from Russia was, of course, more difficult than in…
For eight months of 2015, Spain was visited by 675.2 thousand Russian tourists, which is 36.7% less than in the same period of the last year, according to the statistics of the Institute of Tourism of Spain Turespana. In August, the Russian tourist's flow decreased by 34.2% and amounted to 171.2 thousand…
Russia remains one of Croatia’s most promising partners in economy, science and culture, Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said on Sunday. "We are interested in expanding economic, trade, scientific and technical cooperation with Russia", Pusic, who also serves as the first deputy prime minister,…
Since the accreditation of Russian tour operators in the consulates of Poland was cancelled after introduction of biometrics, tour companies cannot sell group tours to this European country, the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurina reported.
She said that first the…
The number of Russian tourists visited Spain in January-July 2015 decreased by 37.5% compared to the same period in 2014, to 504 thousand people, according to the Institute of Tourism of Spain. In July, the fall in number of Russian tourists amounted to 41.7%, to 143.3 thousand people.
In total for…
Subsidizing of charter flights from Russia to the Turkish side is the actual measure, but it does not help to keep the flow of tourists, if the exchange rate will continue to fall, Russian tour operators have reported to ATOR (Assosiation of Tour Operators of Russia)". Ministry of Culture and Tourism…
To support tourists' flow from Russia, Turkey will pay to the Russian tour operators $ 6 thousand for each charter flight from Russia from September 15 to November 30, according to the Turkish edition of Daily Sabah. According to the publication referring to the Culture and Tourism Minister of the country…
Several flights from Moscow to Greece were delayed on Wednesday because of the mass strike of the Greek air traffic controllers at airports. According to information of Domodedovo airport, Aegean Airlines' flight to Heraklion was delayed for three hours. According to the plan the flight was to take…
