Judging by the bookings, this winter at the ski resorts of Bulgaria up to 60% of holidaymakers will be tourists from neighboring countries. Growth is also expected in some major source markets. This was stated by the Minister of Tourism of the country Nikolina Angelkova at a meeting with the tourist…

Russian airlines are looking for compensation from the government after the Kremlin’s ban on direct flights to Georgia cost them a combined 3.2 billion rubles ($50 million). 
President Vladimir Putin ordered a temporary ban of passenger flights from Russia to Georgia this summer following an…

Tour operators record an increase in demand for tours to Istanbul this winter season. According to Istanbul authorities, for the first 10 months of 2019 more than 11 million foreign tourists visited the city. Unlike the resort of Antalya, Russian tourists in Istanbul are not leaders, but are among…

As the participants of the tourist market told, New Year's celebration in the Czech capital is losing its actuality among Russian tourists. “There is no such high demand as before, when we sent 600 people for the New Year's dates. So, we don’t offer the New Year itself,” says Elena Popova, the general…

The record of tourist flows for the summer of 2019 is marked by Prague and the Czech Republic as a whole. According to the Czech Statistical Office, almost 3 million tourists visited the country, which is 1,4% more than a year ago. Prague itself hosted 2,298 million tourists from July to September. 

According to the statistics of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, in the third quarter of 2019 Georgia has lost more than 100 000 tourists from the Russian Federation.  Totally for three quarters of the year, 213 300 Russian tourists visited Georgia: 74 000 Russians arrived in the country in…

Before the winter holidays, a new carrier enters the British destination. Since December 20, Ural Airlines to launch a flight on the route Moscow - London. The flights will be operated four times a week from Domodedovo with arrival at Stansted Airport. According to the carrier’s online booking system,…

Ural Airlines will fly from Moscow to London since December 20, the airline’s press service said. The flights will be operated four times a week (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) from Domodedovo with arrival at London Stansted Airport.  As it was reported, Ural Airlines has got Rosaviatsia’s…

As reported the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR), Finland will begin issuing five-year Schengen visas to Russians starting February 2, 2020 in connection with the new EU visa rulebook. 
“On February 2, 2020, the new EU visa rulebook will enter into force, under which the EU countries…

The website of the Federal Air Transport Agency published an order dated October 15, 2019 on the admission of airlines to international flights. According to the document, S7 Airlines will be able to fly to Georgia again on a regular basis. The regulator allowed the carrier to fly on the route Moscow…

According to market participants, the volume of sales of ski tours in Italy increased by an average of 15-20% in annual terms. Tour operators see the reasons for this surge in demand both in the changed consumer behavior of Russians and in the expanded assortment of tours.  An increase in sales of…

On October 1, Wizz Air has launched two routes from its London Luton base to the Russian cities of Moscow and St Petersburg. 
From the beggining of October, the carrier is the sole British airline directly connecting passengers from London to St. Petersburg, the cultural capital of Russia that…

As Iceland monitor portal reports, over the eight months of 2019, Iceland was visited by almost 1,4 million foreign tourists - 13% less than in the same period of the last year. The decline in tourist flow the authorities of the island state connect with the bankruptcy of the Icelandic carrier Wow…

According to Inessa Korotkova, the head of the national office for tourism development in France (Atout France), Russian skiers and snowboarders spent about 200 thousand nights at the resorts of the French Alps last winter season.  As Inessa Korotkova underlined, the skiing region Three Valleys, where…

Pobeda low coast air company has started the air tickets sale from Moscow to Innsbruck (Austria). The flights will start at 28.12.2019 till 18.01.2020 once a week. 14.10.2019 one can buy the ticket for the first flight for 16 000 rubles (227 euro) with baggage + 3 000 rubles (43 euro) for ski equipment.…

According to the National Tourism Administration of the country, Georgia in September was visited by 147,4 thousand tourists from Russia, which is 20,6% less than a year earlier. 
Nevertheless, according to the Administration, the Russians retained their leadership in the number of foreign…

According to Anton Morozov, a member of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs, there are no sufficient security guarantees for Russian tourists in Georgia and therefore there are no reasons for resuming flights there. He announced this, commenting the statement of Georgian Foreign Minister David…

The Coral Travel assortment includes sightseeing tours to Armenia. A weekend with a visit to Yerevan, Lake Sevan, ancient monasteries and a tasting of dishes of Armenian cuisine will cost only 262 Euros per person. 
According to Alena Gromova, the Coral Travel Domestic Market Director, today…

Armenia and Azerbaijan, where tour operators saw a noticeable increase, benefited from the closure of Georgia for Russian tourists. Also, Turkey, the Black Sea coast of Russia and Abkhazia note an increase of the Russian tourist flow. This assessment was voiced at a press conference by the executive…

During the upcoming New Year and Christmas holidays, Russian tourists will be able to go to the Baltic States by charter railway tours. According to the tour operator’s press service, the Intourist launches sightseeing tours to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for the New Year and Christmas holidays.…