Europe - Russian Travel Digest

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…

12.07.2018

The flow of tourists from Russia to Estonia continues to grow

From January to April 2018 about 389,000 local and 517,000 foreign tourists lived in Estonian hotels. In comparison with the same period in 2017 the number of tourists increased by 2% and 3% respectively. The number of tourists from Russia since the beginning of the year till April 2018 reached 93 thousand,…

10.07.2018

Switzerland: the results of the winter season-2018

According to the official statistics of Switzerland, in November 2017 - April 2018 the country was visited by 72.6 thousand tourists from Russia, which is 9.1% more in comparison with the same period of the last winter. "The period from November to April is considered as a winter season in Switzerland.…

08.06.2018

Russians travel more often to Estonia, but more and more - independently

For the first quarter of 2018 the Russian tourist flow to Estonia grew by 17. As Ilona Kobeian, the representative of VisitEstonia in Moscow, reported nearly 74 thousand Russian tourists visited Estonia in the first quarter, the number of nights exceeded 156 thousand. "Over the first three months the…

05.06.2018

Ural Airlines began fly from Zhukovsky airport to Tbilisi every day

“Ural Airlines, which has been carrying out four flights a week from Zhukovsky airport (Moscow) to Tbilisi, began flights daily from May 29”, - said Anzor Kavtiashvili the Russian airline representative in Georgia. "In connection with the upcoming summer season, Ural Airlines is increasing the frequency…

24.05.2018

Number of guests from Russia in Georgia increased by one third

“In January-April 2018 357,000 Russian citizens visited Georgia, which is 31.2% more than the same period of 2017”, - reports the National Tourism Administration of Georgia. As the Head of the department Georgy Chogovadze said, in April the number of Russians who visited Georgia increased by 43.4% in…

14.05.2018

Nordavia will start flying from Murmansk to Oslo since June 4

“Nordavia airline will begin flights from Murmansk to Oslo on June 4, 2018”, - the company's press service reported. Flights in this direction will be carried out once a week until October 21, 2018. They are designed, first of all, for passengers who fly from the north of Russia for traveling across…

10.05.2018

Germania will fly from Dresden to St. Petersburg until the end of October

Germania Airlines will carry out the direct scheduled flights from Dresden to St. Petersburg from May 4 to October 26 of this year. “The departures from St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport are performed on Mondays and Fridays, from Dresden to St. Petersburg on Thursdays and Sundays”, - according to a press…

07.05.2018

The number of Russian tourists in Dolomites area has increased by 25%

In 2017, according to the tourist administration of Trentino region of Italy, 35,000 Russian citizens came here to rest. Russian tour operators and airlines intend to increase the flow of tourists to the Dolomites in 2018. The growth of the Russian tourist flow in Trentino, known among skiers as the…