As Iceland monitor portal reports, over the eight months of 2019, Iceland was visited by almost 1,4 million foreign tourists - 13% less than in the same period of the last year. The decline in tourist flow the authorities of the island state connect with the bankruptcy of the Icelandic carrier Wow…

According to Inessa Korotkova, the head of the national office for tourism development in France (Atout France), Russian skiers and snowboarders spent about 200 thousand nights at the resorts of the French Alps last winter season.  As Inessa Korotkova underlined, the skiing region Three Valleys, where…

Pobeda low coast air company has started the air tickets sale from Moscow to Innsbruck (Austria). The flights will start at 28.12.2019 till 18.01.2020 once a week. 14.10.2019 one can buy the ticket for the first flight for 16 000 rubles (227 euro) with baggage + 3 000 rubles (43 euro) for ski equipment.…

According to the National Tourism Administration of the country, Georgia in September was visited by 147,4 thousand tourists from Russia, which is 20,6% less than a year earlier. 
Nevertheless, according to the Administration, the Russians retained their leadership in the number of foreign…

According to Anton Morozov, a member of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs, there are no sufficient security guarantees for Russian tourists in Georgia and therefore there are no reasons for resuming flights there. He announced this, commenting the statement of Georgian Foreign Minister David…

The Coral Travel assortment includes sightseeing tours to Armenia. A weekend with a visit to Yerevan, Lake Sevan, ancient monasteries and a tasting of dishes of Armenian cuisine will cost only 262 Euros per person. 
According to Alena Gromova, the Coral Travel Domestic Market Director, today…

Armenia and Azerbaijan, where tour operators saw a noticeable increase, benefited from the closure of Georgia for Russian tourists. Also, Turkey, the Black Sea coast of Russia and Abkhazia note an increase of the Russian tourist flow. This assessment was voiced at a press conference by the executive…

During the upcoming New Year and Christmas holidays, Russian tourists will be able to go to the Baltic States by charter railway tours. According to the tour operator’s press service, the Intourist launches sightseeing tours to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for the New Year and Christmas holidays.…

Siberia Airlines (flying under S7 Airlines brand) plans to open direct regular flights from Moscow to Milan from December 25, 2019 on the boards of Airbus A320. The flights will be operated up to seven times per week.  The flights will begin simultaneously with the start of the ski season, the report…

Tours to the ski resorts of Bulgaria can now be purchased from 70 thousand Rubles (969 Euros) for two persons: until the end of November discounts for accommodation here reach 20-25%. The tour operator Intourist will fly to Bulgaria on daily scheduled flights of Aeroflot and Bulgaria Air. The promotion…

According to Irina Tyurina, the spokeswoman of the Russian Union of Travel Industry, the interest of Russian tourists in tours to France in the summer 2019 has significantly grown, tour operators reported about 10-40% increase in sales of tours compared to the same period last year. "Summer sales…

The world’s main tourist event –World Tourism Organization General Assembly was held during 09-13 September in Russia this year and tourism ministers and officials all over the world took part in it. There were 2150 participants from the travel industry from 138 countries in Saint-Petersburg. The…

The tour operator Intourist, a member of the Thomas Cook group, intends to get a large share on the Italian destination in the winter. For the first time, the company launches its own charter flight program to Italy for the winter season 2019/2020. The flights are planned from Moscow to Verona and…

The Deputy Director of Russia’s Federal Tourist Agency, Sergey Korneev, has hit out at Finland’s decision to tighten up the visa application process for Russian tourists, saying the new requirements could have negative consequences for tourism to Finland. In August, the Finnish government announced…

According to Anex Tour, the winter flight program of the tour operator to the Italian ski resorts will be carried out on the wings of Ural Airlines charter flights. For the first time, Anex Tour takes blocks of seats on these flights: Moscow - Verona: once a week, from 28.12.2019 till 28.03.2020 and Moscow…

The tour operator Russian Express announced the start of sales of New Year's five-day package tours to Finnish Lapland. The company took the blocks of seats on charters to Rovaniemi, near which is the residence of Santa Claus. 

According to the schedule, the direct charter flights of Ural…

Other countries of the Transcaucasus, Armenia and Azerbaijan, where tour operators saw a noticeable increase, benefited from the closure of Georgia for Russian tourists. Also, Turkey, the Black Sea coast of Russia and Abkhazia note an increase of the Russian tourist flow. This assessment was voiced…

VFS Global has become Hungary’s new visa operator in Russia, according to its official announcement of August 23. In particular, one visa center will be opened in each 64 Russian cities, the first 40 of them will begin work by the end of August. The operator plans to issue annually 60 000 visas in…

The press service of Oktyabrskaya Railway reports (branch of Russian Railways) that the passenger flow of high-speed trains Allegro from St. Petersburg to Helsinki in January-July 2019 increased by 16,6% compared to the same period last year - up to 316,3 thousand people. 

In July 2019,…

VFS Global company became a new Hungarian visa operator in Russia. The company is going to open visa centers in 64 cities of Russia. The first 40 of them will start operation till the end of August. The plan is daily to process 60 000 visa applications. For that purpose, the company should take off…