Europe - Russian Travel Digest

11.05.2019

Armenia counts on 1.5 million Russian tourists

Armenia is ready to host up to 1.5 million tourists from Russia annually - such data was presented by the Armenian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Vardan Toganyan. According to him, at the moment the share of Russian tourists is half of foreign tourists visiting Armenia, including tourists of combined…

23.04.2019

South of France is preparing for the explosive growth of tourist traffic from Russia

Several airlines immediately announced new routes to France this year. In the summer season they will perform 15 additional flights to the south of the country a week. In this case the destination can count on the explosive growth of the tourist traffic.

A workshop of the Provence-Alpes-Côte…

19.04.2019

Tourist flow from Russia to Switzerland decreased in 2018

Last year Switzerland hosted 138 thousand Russian tourists, this figure was lower than expected in connection with the World Football Championship in Russia. This was told at a press conference of the head of the Russian office of Switzerland Tourism, Natalia Warth.

“In 2018, the number…

17.04.2019

Tez Tour launched earlier booking of tours for the winter season

Tour operator’s website has already published tours to the ski resorts in Austria, Bulgaria, Andorra and Italy. The benefit will account to 10 - 30% of the cost when booking a tour during the early booking campaign for these destinations for the winter season. At the same time, special offers and…

17.04.2019

Tour operators have made tours to Norway more accessible

The growing demand for tours to Norway has become an opportunity for tour operators to expand the range of package tours, including affordable offers. Sales of group tours are growing, interest to Norway has intensified.

According to the Central Statistical Bureau, in 2018 the tourist…

27.03.2019

The number of tourists from Russia to Georgia increased by 10% for two months

From the beginning of the year, from January to February, 155.6 Russian tourists arrived in Georgia. This figure increased by 10%, compared with the same period in 2018. This was reported by the National Tourism Administration in Georgia.

 According to Interfax, the number of Russians,…

24.03.2019

Belavia will renew performing regular flights to Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport

On April 22, 2019 Belavia will renew performing regular flights to Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport.
Regular air communication will be carried out on a daily basis 2 times a day: in the mornings and evenings. A morning flight is planned to be carried out with departure from Minsk at 8:30…

12.03.2019

ANEX Tour opened the sale of package tours to Germany

ANEX Tour once again expands the range of European destinations. Since the end of March 2019, the tour operator has launched package tours with flights to Germany from Moscow. The regional programs are also discussed.

According to the tour operator, excursion and combined tours to Germany…

05.03.2019

Belavia is opening regular flights to Tallinn

On May 30, 2019 Belavia-Belarusian Airlines is opening regular flights on the route Minsk-Tallinn-Minsk.
Flights to Tallinn will be carried out on a regular basis 4 times a week with the departure from Minsk at 08.50 on Mondays, Thursdays and at 15.50 on Tuesdays and Saturdays with arriving…

22.02.2019

Air Serbia will open regular flights from Belgrade to Krasnodar in June

“Air Serbia airline in June 2019 plans to start flights from Belgrade to Krasnodar,” the company said.

“The airline will start flights on June 3. It is planned that this flight will be regular, so it will be operated all year round. Currently, in the Russian Federation our airline performs…

04.12.2018

What will ANEX Tour operator offer on French destination?

Alexandra Mikheeva, the head of France department of the tour operator told about programs and plans of ANEX Tour in France. “ANEX Tour is a tour operator of mass destinations, but we are trying to expand our horizons: France has become one of our most important new products in this season. We opened…

03.12.2018

Bookings of New Year tours in the Baltic States are growing

There has been an increase in sales of Christmas tours in the Baltic countries. According to market participants, working on the destination, the number of bookings has increased by an average of 10%, compared with the same period of 2017. The depth of sales has also grown - it is already over 2.5 months.…

30.11.2018

Tallink Silja became the world’s first Cruise Line to serve MSC certified seafood

All ships operating between Helsinki-Stockholm Silja Serenade and Silja Symphony; Turku- Stockholm Baltic Princess and Galaxy; Helsinki-Tallinn Silja Europa and Shuttles Star and Megastar now offer sustainable and traceable MSC certified shrimp and herring. The first MSC Chain of Custody certification…

12.11.2018

The Russian tourist flow to France will exceed the pre-crisis level

On November 8, a joint meeting of Atout France and ANEX Tour operator, which opened sales of package tours to France, was held at French Embassy in Moscow. Atout France told about the dynamics of demand from Russian market and ANEX Tour - about own plans for the destination. France, which, according…

09.11.2018

The prospective of sales of a ski holiday in Italy

In the framework of early booking the rate of sales of ski tours in the Alps this year is higher than last year. And the best results belong to Italy. “The depth of sales is also good. For example, it is already difficult to find accommodation in the expensive segment for the New Year. Economy offers…

11.09.2018

Direct transport to Slovenia will be increased in winter

From the end of October Aeroflot opens a daily flight to Ljubljana. According to tour operators, they are already creating package tours to Slovenia on the basis of a new flight for the upcoming winter season. According to leading players, the demand for tours to Slovenia has increased this year. As…

10.08.2018

UTair airline will open flights from Ufa to Kutaisi in October

“UTair Aviation Company will start regular flights from Ufa to Kutaisi (Georgia) from October 1”, - informs the website of Ufa International Airport. Departures from Ufa are scheduled twice a week - on Mondays and Thursdays, arrivals - on Wednesday and Sunday. Flights to Kutaisi will be performed by…

07.08.2018

Nearly 200,000 Russian tourists visited Byelorussia in 2017

“In 2017 Belarus was visited by 192 thousand Russian tourists, which is 68% of the total cross-border tourist traffic and 247 thousand Belarusian visited Russia”, - reported the press service of Rosturizm. The tourist exchange between the countries was discussed at the meeting of the Head of Rosturism…

01.08.2018

Russian tourists have made more than 230 thousand trips to Paris in 2017

“Russian tourists made more than 230,000 trips to the French capital in 2017, which is 51% more than a year ago”, - reported the Head of the Russian representative office of the Agency of Tourism Development in France «Atout France» Inessa Korotkova. "In Paris in 2017 we recorded 230,1 thousand Russian…

16.07.2018

In January-May almost every third tourist in Azerbaijan was from Russia

“In January-May 2018 Azerbaijan was visited by 1 million 55.6 thousand foreign citizens from 184 countries”, - reported the State Statistics Committee. "The number of foreign citizens visiting Azerbaijan increased by 10.1% in comparison with the same period of 2009. The share of tourists from Russian…