Europe - Russian Travel Digest

21.02.2018

Tourist flow from Russia to Germany is growing due to independent tourists

As reported at the National Tourism Office of Germany, according to the results of 2017, visa centers of German Embassy noted 16% increase (against 2016) of the number of applications for a tourist Schengen visa. In 2017 in Moscow 194 thousand applications were processed, in Kaliningrad - 28 thousand…

13.02.2018

Germania will launch direct flights from St. Petersburg to Dresden next spring

“German airline Germania plans to open direct scheduled flights from St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport to German Dresden from 26 April 2018”, - reports the press service of the airport. The flights are scheduled to be performed twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays from Dresden to St. Petersburg and on…

12.02.2018

Georgian Airways plans to launch flights from Tbilisi to Kazan in spring

“Georgian Airways has received permission from the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation to carry out direct regular flights between Tbilisi and Kazan in spring 2018”, - reported the General Director of the airline Givi Davitashvili. "Georgian Airways will perform direct flights on the route…

09.02.2018

The Russian tourist flow to the UK almost reached pre-crisis levels

In 2012 Britain, according to the Office of National Statistics of the Government of United Kingdom, was visited by 227 thousand Russians, in 2013 - 191 thousand, the peak was in 2014 - 227 thousand arrivals from Russia. Then the recession began in 2015 - 139 thousand arrivals of the citizens of Russian…

25.01.2018

Zermatt is one of the most popular ski resorts in Switzerland

“Zermatt is one of the three most popular resorts in Switzerland. This year the number of Russian tourists there has increased significantly for the winter holidays”, - reported the representative of the Switzerland Tourism Office Svetlana Medox. "For the past winter season 45 thousand Russian tourists…

23.01.2018

S7 Airlines will launch flights from St. Petersburg to Copenhagen and Stockholm in the summer 2018

“S7 Airlines will begin fly from St. Petersburg to Copenhagen and Stockholm in the summer 2018”, - the carrier's press service reported. The flights to Copenhagen will be carried out on Tuesdays and Saturdays from June 2, 2018. Departure time from Pulkovo is 7:40, arrival time to Copenhagen - 9:00 of…

12.01.2018

Alitalia will resume the second daily flight Rome - Moscow from May

“Alitalia will resume its second daily flight between Rome and Moscow on May 2, 2018”, - reported the Russian representative office of the company. "The flights will depart from Moscow at 16:40 and arrive to Rome at 19:35 of local time. The flights will be performed by Airbus A320", - informed the source.…

05.01.2018

South-eastern regions of Finland expect this year to increase the flow of tourists from Russia by 10%

“The number of Russian tourists in southeast regions of Finland is constantly growing. It is expected that by the end of 2017 the Russians will make more than 2.6 million trips to the southeast regions of Finland, which is almost 10% more than in 2016”, - informs the portal YLE. According to the information…

22.12.2017

RusLine airline will launch flights from Belgorod to Vienna on December 24

“From December 24, 2017 RusLine airline will begin to perform regular flight program Belgorod – Vienna”, - informed the press service of Belgorod airport. Flights will be carried out on Wednesdays and Sundays by CRJ-200 airplane with 50 seats. Departure from Belgorod is planned at 7:25, arrival to Vienna…

18.12.2017

Lapland is the leader of the New Year's demand for family tourists from Russia

Demand for Scandinavian direction in the winter season has increased. Among the Northern countries Finland is the leader of demand. According to tour operators, this winter the demand for tours to the Nordic countries rose from 30% to 70% both for the New Year's dates and for whole winter season. As…

14.12.2017

UTair launches flights from Moscow to Milan

“UTair airline has begun flights between Moscow and Milan”, - told the press service of the company. Flights are performed daily by Boeing 737-500 airplanes, which have a capacity of 8 seats in business class and 108 seats in economy. Flight UT 787 takes off from Moscow (Vnukovo airport) at 10:25 and…

14.12.2017

Tour operators expand flight programs to Adzharia on the background of growth of Russian tourist flow

Due to the growth of tourist flow to autonomous republic of Adzharia (Georgia), Russian tour operators are expanding their flight programs to the region. The flow of tourists from Russia to Adzharia for the first 11 months of 2017 amounted almost 95 thousand people, while at the end of 2015 32 thousand…

12.12.2017

The tourists flow from Russia to Georgia increased by one third in 2017

“More than 1.3 million Russians visited Georgia in January-November 2017, which is 33.4% more than in the same period in 2016 (when 980 thousand Russian tourists visited the country)”, - according to statistics published on the website of Georgian National Tourism Administration. Russia took the third…

05.12.2017

Russia returned in the top of the German incoming markets

As a result of the first 9 months of 2017, the Russian tourist flow to Germany increased by 21%. According to the National Tourist Office of Germany in Russia, the analysis of the key supplier markets showed the most positive dynamics of the number of tourists in January-September from Russia. According…

30.11.2017

Pobeda Airlines has got the permits for flights to Belarus

“The low-cost airline Pobeda (part of the Aeroflot group) has received admission of Rosaviatsia to perform regular flights to Belarus”, - informs the press service of the company. The carrier was allowed to fly on the routes St. Petersburg-Minsk and Moscow-Gomel, in both cases up to 7 times a week. Pobeda…

22.11.2017

In September Russians are on the second place by the number of night stays in Finnish hotels

“The Russians spent 43 thousand nights in Finnish hotels in September, taking the second place after tourists from Sweden, which is 9% more than in the same period of the last year”, - reported the statistical center of Finland. The office notes that most number of tourists, who come to Finland are from…

20.11.2017

The tourist flow from Russia to Azerbaijan grew by one third

“The number of tourists who visited Azerbaijan in January-October 2017 increased by 20.1% against the same period of 2016 - up to 2 million 276,604 thousand people”, - informs the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. "For 10 months of 2017, Azerbaijan was visited by 2 million 276,604…

13.11.2017

A direct flight will link Russia and Iceland in 2018

“S7 Airlines launches direct scheduled flights from Moscow to Reykjavik from June 9, 2018. Departures from Domodedovo airport will be performed weekly on Saturdays by Boeing 737-800 liners”, - informed press service of the carrier. The airline explained its decision by the growing demand for the direction…

06.11.2017

The flow of tourists from Russian Federation to United Kingdom grew by almost 50% in 2017

“In the first half of 2017, 118 thousand tourists from Russia visited UK, which is 48% more than in the same period of the last year”, - it was told at the national tourist office VisitBritain. According to the office, spending of Russian tourists in UK from January to June 2017 amounted 97 million pounds,…

04.11.2017

Ural Airlines launches the flight from Zhukovsky to Geneva

Ural Airlines announced about the opening of regular weekly flights to Switzerland. Flight Zhukovsky - Geneva - Zhukovsky will be carried out from December 29, 2017 to March 23, 2018 on Fridays”, - reported the press release of the carrier. “This year, the winter navigation to Switzerland is also represented…