Russian tourists are actively interested in tours to Greece after the news about the opening of the destination on May 14, but there has not yet been a surge in real bookings, tour operators reported.
According to the general director of the tour operator Tez Tour Voskan Arzumanov, tours…
Boris Mouzenidis, president of Mouzenidis Group, one of the biggest tour operator in the Russian tourism market, passed away on the morning of Saturday, March 27, in Moscow. He died of a heart attack at age 60. The management and employees of Mouzenidis Group expressed their sorrow for the loss of…
The summer tourist season in Bulgaria will begin on May 1. This was announced by Mariyana Nikolova, the Minister of Tourism of the country, in an interview with the journalists of the national television.
In turn, Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov added that Bulgaria is introducing a "green…
NICOSIA, CYPRUS, March 24th, 2021 - Taking all necessary measures to ensure that visitors enjoy their holidays in a safe and carefree environment, Cyprus will be opening its borders to all visitors from Russia, as follows:
Opening of Borders: Cyprus opens its borders to all visitors from Russia…
Greece plans to fully open to Russian tourists from May 14 and expects up to 500 thousand Russians in 2021. Polikarpos Efstatiu, director of the representative office of the Greek National Tourism Organization in the Russian Federation and the CIS, reported about the conditions of entry to Greece.
Russia has extended suspension of the air service with the United Kingdom until April 16 inclusively in view of the epidemiological situation in the country, the Russian coronavirus response center reported.
“The response center for prevention of import and spread of the novel coronavirus…
Nordwind airline announced the start of its own flight program from Russia to Croatia. The first flights between the capitals of the states are scheduled for the second half of March. This was announced on March 11, by the carrier's press service.
Tour operator Intourist has opened sales of tours to Serbia. The cost of package tours with regular flights is quite affordable. So, a three-day city tour to Belgrade for May dates with flight and accommodation starts from 570 Euros for two persons. Package tours are designed for individual tourists…
The interview took place in the Chamber of industry and commerce in the city of Magdeburg (Germany). Andre Rummel managing director for tourism infrastructure and industry hosted our online meeting with Detlef Dahms the managing director of Ratswaage Hotel.
Switzerland in 2020 was visited by 42 thousand tourists from Russia. The fall in the flow was more than 70%, said Natalia Warth, head of Tourism National Office of Switzerland.
"According to the Federal Statistical Bureau of Switzerland, 42 193 tourists entered Switzerland from Russia in…
Since March 1, Russian tourists will be able to enter Georgia. For this they will need to provide a negative PCR test for coronavirus. The Prime Minister of the Republic Irakli Garibashvili told.
As it became known, in addition to Russia, the list of countries, whose citizens can now visit…
Representatives of the Bulgarian tourism industry said that they expect to start receiving organized Russian tourists in May, and shared their hopes for an early start of issuing visas to Russians. Air traffic between the two countries is still not restored, but last week the Bulgarian side announced…
The Bulgarian authorities are ready to restore foreign tourist flow and conclude bilateral agreements to create "green tourist corridors" with a number of key countries for Bulgarian tourism.
The plan includes Russia, Israel, Greece, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, Moldova, Czech Republic, Slovakia,…
Anex Tour has accepted a flight program to Turkey from Moscow and the regions for the spring-summer 2021 season on flights of the strategic partner Azur air. Due to active demand, the flight programs to Antalya from the capital and most regions will start in March, and not in April, as it was previously…
Greece is thinking about recognizing the Sputnik V vaccine in order to open the green corridor for Russians vaccinated against COVID-19. At the same time, the Greek authorities continue to declare that they will open the borders for tourists who have not been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The Cypriot authorities have postponed the opening of the country for Russian tourists until April 1, the Russian embassy in Nicosia reported.
"According to the Cypriot Ministry of Transport, the shifting of Russia to the so-called green, orange or red categories of countries has been postponed…
Russia is re-opening its borders to foreign students who show two negative coronavirus tests and arrive from countries with flight resumption agreements in place.
More than 300 000 international students are estimated to have been unable to enter Russia due to the pandemic. Russian universities…
On March 1 Cyprus will resume issuing tourist visas for citizens of the Russian Federation. It will be possible to issue visas online, Dimitris Dimitriou, tourism attaché of the Embassy of Cyprus in the Russian Federation reported.
"From March 1, Cyprus opens the borders for citizens from…
