Tourist flow from Russia to Spain fell by almost 30% from the beginning of the year

From January till May 2015, Spain was visited by a record number of tourists, although the number of tourists from Russia fell by 29%, according to statistics published by the Ministry of Industry, Energy…

Turkish province of Antalya can lose $ 1.5 billion due to the decline of tourists, primarily from Russia, Kemer Gözcü said, citing the head of the Chamber of Commerce of Antalya Davut Cetin.

As of May 21, the number of visitors to Antalya, decreased by 11% or by 255 thousand people…

Financial problems, complicated relationship of Athens with international creditors and the general instability in the country make Greece less attractive for German tourists, therefore the Association of Greek tourism companies (SETE) refused to forecast a record number of tourists in the country…

The number of Russians who visited Italy in February 2015 decreased by 21.9% compared with the same month of the last year and amounted 50 thousand people. However, their total expenditure fell by 48.8%, from 86 million to 44 million euros, according to data released by the Bank of Italy.

From January to April 2015, Spain was visited by 16 million tourists, which is a new record. According to the website of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism of Spain, an increase in tourist flow in comparison to the same period of the last year was 4.4%. Leader in the number of tourists to…

The number of Russian tourists visiting Cyprus in April decreased by 22.5% compared with the same month of the last year, till 25.15 thousand people, the Statistical Service of Cyprus announced last Friday.
However, due to the growing popularity of Cyprus among tourists from Great Britain and…

Tour operator Biblio Globus opened the summer flight program to Italy, flights are operated by "Transaero" to Rome, Milan, Rimini and Venice, the press department of the tour operator reported.
The flights to Rome are operated on daily basis; to Milan - on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays;…

This summer, clients of TUI Russia will be able to use free Wi-Fi Internet during transfers and excursions in Turkey. From May 2015, all branded buses of the tour operator will be equipped with wireless internet access, the press department if TUI Russia reported.

According to a study…

Arrivals from Russia to Turkey, which have decreased in the first quarter of this year, in the summer return to last year's figures, the press secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Turina reported, referring to the data of tour operators.

"From January to March Antalya…

On April 26, Transaero airlines for the first time in its history, operated the flight on the route Moscow - Malta - Moscow, as the press department of the company reported.

"The first flight of Transaero at Malta International Airport was welcomed by the Extraordinary Ambassador of…

Italy expects to issue this year at least 500 thousand visas to Russians that is much less than in previous years.
"Because of the crisis, changes in currency exchange rates, tourist activity decreased. We expect to issue this year, at least 500 thousand visas to Russians, while last year we…

Rome is interested in more cooperation with Russia in the tourism sector. Italy launched a Russian web page about tourism to Italy, as the Italian Embassy in the Russian Federation reported to Interfax.

"Tourism is an important tool for the development of relations between our countries,…

On 3-rd of April 2015, the Embassy of Turkey in Russia published the news release about subsidies to tour operators for charter flights from Russia.

The amount of 6 000 Us dollars will be paid for each charter flight from Russia to Turkey operated from 1-st of April till 31-st of…

Airlines like Aeroflot, AirFrance, Transaero started sales of tickets to Paris. So, the flights from Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and 9 more cities of Russia to Paris are available at prices ranging from 119 euros plus taxes and fees. From Chelyabinsk, Kemerovo, Volgograd, Perm and Irkutsk prices…

Rosaviation (Federal Agency for Air Transportation) Refused Aeroflot’s low cost air company Pobeda to operate flights from Moscow to Heraklion.

Air company Pobeda planned to operate on that route once per week from 31-st of May till 6-th of September 2015. Russian Aviation explained their…

On Monday, March 16, 2015, the Minister of Tourism of Bulgaria, Nikolina Angelkova, has several meetings with EU representatives in Brussels to discuss the question of facilitating procedure for Russians.

The representative of Ministry of Tourism of Bulgaria informed during…

According to Russian State Statistical Service (Rosstat), the Russians made 45 million 889 thousand trips abroad in 2014, which is 15% less than in 2013. 17 million 611.6 thousand of those trips were made with tourism purposes. Despite the very depressing situation in the Russian travel sector, the…