Europe - Russian Travel Digest

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…

04.05.2018

Finnair has resumed flights from Helsinki to Samara on May 1

“Finnair has resumed scheduled flights from Helsinki to Samara from May 1”, - the carrier's press service reported. The flights from Helsinki are carried out three times a week - on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 23:40 by Embraer-190 aircraft. From Samara departures are on Mondays, Wednesdays and…

20.04.2018

Georgia - the results of the first quarter 2018

“233,000 Russian citizens visited Georgia in January-March 2018, which is 25.5% more than in the same period of the last year”, - said the Head of the National Tourism Administration Georgy Chogovadze. According to him, in March the number of Russians who visited Georgia increased by 37% in comparison…

10.04.2018

The tourist flow from Russia to Tallinn has increased

“The tourist flow from Russia to the Estonian capital increased by 17% in January in comparison with the same period of the last year - up to 23.9 thousand people”, - reported the press service of the Tallinn mayor’s office. Most tourists in January came to Tallinn from Finland - 32.8 thousand, an increase…

04.04.2018

The number of Russians visiting Georgia has increased by almost 20% since the beginning of the year

“In January-February 2018 141.5 thousand Russian citizens visited Georgia, which is 19.1% more than in the same period of the last year”, - reported the information and analytical department of the country's Interior Ministry. In February, the number of Russians who visited Georgia increased against…

27.03.2018

Russian tourism in Switzerland – the results of the last year

“Switzerland was visited by almost 136 thousand Russians in the last year, the tourist flow grew by 13.6% in comparison with 2016”, - said the Marketing Manager of Moscow office of Switzerland Tourism Maria Makarova. At the same time, the number of night stays of Russian tourists in Switzerland increased…

15.03.2018

Pobeda airline plans to launch flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Kutaisi in autumn 2018

Pobeda airline (part of Aeroflot group), which currently performs daily flights between Rostov-on-Don and Tbilisi, plans to begin regular flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Kutaisi (the largest city in Western Georgia). "The regular flights will be carried out, presumably, since September", -…

12.03.2018

Norway counts on the growth of an organized tourist flow from Russia

According to statistics of the border service of the Russian Federal Security Service, in 2017 the flow of tourists from Russia to Norway has grown by 8.9%. In 2018 Norway authorities plan to increase the number of Russian tourists by 15-20%. The number of trips of Russian tourists to Norway has increased…