Europe - Russian Travel Digest

09.02.2017

An increase of tourist flow from Russia is noted in Estonia

After the recession of the number of Russian tourists in 2014-2015, the growth of the country's popularity among Russians in Estonia is noted again. As the Department of Statistics of Estonia reported on Monday, the number of Russian tourists increased by 8% in 2016 against 2015. The total number of…

02.02.2017

S7 Airline and Meridiana launch joint flights to Milan

S7 Airlines, the member of the global airline alliance Oneworld, and Meridiana airline have expanded the code-share agreement. They will carry out joint flights on the route Moscow - Milan - Moscow. The flights will be performed since March 27 four times a week - on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays…

26.01.2017

Medvedev: Russia and Armenia have agreed to travel for Russians to Armenia with internal passports

“Russian citizens will be able to visit Armenia with internal passport”, - said the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. "We agreed that the inhabitants of our country will be able to travel to Armenia with internal passports, all the necessary document were signed", - Medvedev reported after the…

18.01.2017

“Lux Express” bus carrier will resume full-scale activity on the route St. Petersburg - Helsinki from 14 January

“Lux Express” bus carrier will resume full-scale operation on the route from St. Petersburg - Helsinki and back from January 14, 2017”, - said the press service of the group. "From tomorrow all the services will be carried out exclusively by buses of “Lux Express”, which are owned to a subsidiary of…

16.01.2017

Aviation authorities of the Russian Federation and Finland agreed to increase 1.5 times the frequency of flights Petersburg - Helsinki

The aviation authorities of the Russian Federation and Finland have agreed to increase the number of flight frequencies on the route Saint Petersburg - Helsinki from 14 to 21 per week for each side. “In addition, the aviation authorities of the two countries decided to hold a consultation on air traffic…

12.01.2017

Russian tourist flow to Estonia increased by 17% in November

The number of tourists from Russia to Estonia increased compared to November 2015 by 17%. According to information of the Department of Statistics, released on Monday, the proportion of Russians among the tourists accounted 13%, they are on the second place among the total number of foreigners visiting…

09.01.2017

More than 1 million Russians have visited Georgia in 2016

In 2016 Georgia was visited by 1 million 37 thousand Russians, which is more than 100 thousand against 2015 - according to TASS information referring to the administration of the Republic of tourism. Russia takes the fourth place among the countries, whose citizens visited Georgia. On the first place…

09.01.2017

The demand for Finnish visa declined by almost a third

Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg has issued 360 thousand visas, which is 36% less than in 2015. Most of them are for a period of several years. This was reported to "Fontanka.fi" agency in the embassy of the country. The percentage of failures in the present time is about 0.6-0.8% of the…

27.12.2016

ATOR: the Russian tourists are choosing Finland in northern Europe for the New Year holiday

“The demand for holidays in Finland for New Year's holidays among Russian tourists is higher than for tours to the other Nordic countries at this time of the year”, - according to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). According to ATOR the demand as a whole for tours to the northern Europe…

21.12.2016

Demand for Czech Republic is growing for the first time for the period of two years

"The number of issued to Russians tourist visas for the last quarter of this year increased several times, every month increasing by about 50%", - Czech Ambassador to Russia Vladimir Remek said at a meeting with representatives of the tourist industry and journalists. He thinks this is a very positive…

20.12.2016

"Pobeda" resumed the sale of tickets to Zurich through the German Memmingen

Low-cost airline "Pobeda" has resumed the sale of tickets to Zurich through the German town of Memmingen. Thus, the passengers of "Pobeda" again (after a break of a few months) can get to Zurich using the service Fly & Bus. The flights are performed from Moscow to Memmingen and after that to Switzerland…

16.12.2016

The Federation Council has ratified a protocol on the extension of the visa-free zone with Norway

On Wednesday the Federation Council at a meeting ratified the Protocol of the Agreement between the Governments of Norway and the Russian Federation on the extension of mutual trips of residents of border areas of both countries. This document, in particular, allows citizens of the Russian border territories…

07.12.2016

It is noted an increase by 13% of the number of Russians visiting Georgia

“In January-November 2016 Georgia was visited by 980.8 thousand Russian citizens, which is 13.1% more than in the same period of the last year”, - according to the data of the information-analytical department of the Georgian Interior Ministry. In November 2016 the number of visitors from Russia increased…

29.11.2016

S7 Airlines will perform flights to Vienna since March 26

“S7 Airlines will launch regular flights Moscow - Vienna - Moscow in the summer schedule 2017”, the press service of the company reports. The direct flights from Moscow airport "Domodedovo" to Vienna, the company will perform since March 26, 2017. Departure time from Moscow is 15:00, arriving to Vienna…

18.11.2016

Airline LOT intends to resume flights from Warsaw to Kaliningrad

“Polish airline company LOT plans to resume direct flights on the route Warsaw - Kaliningrad – Warsaw”, - reported the airline spokesman Adrian Kubitski on Thursday. "The company LOT plans to return to Kaliningrad and restore direct flights to Warsaw. Statistics show that an increasing number of passengers…

15.11.2016

Riga and Jurmala are the leaders in the preferences of Russians who choose the Baltic countries for holiday

“Travels to Riga and Jurmala (Latvia) became the most popular destinations for the Russian tourist among the Baltic countries”, - reported the press service of the tour operator Tez Tour. According to the company, the tours of city express format (4 days / 3 nights) and the rest on the Baltic Sea shore…

14.11.2016

The Russian Foreign Ministry is warning the Russians about the trips to Georgia

“In connection with the increased flow of Russian tourists to Georgia, the Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns about the risks which are associated with the trips of Russians to this country”, - reported Rosturizm. Under conditions of absence of diplomatic relations, broken by the Georgian…

03.11.2016

The number of Russians visiting Georgia for 10 months increased by 13%

“In January - October 2016 Georgia was visited by 920 200 citizens of Russia, which is 13.4% more than in the same period of the last year”, - said in the information-analytical department of the Interior Ministry on Wednesday. In October 2016, in comparison with October of the previous year, the number…

02.11.2016

"Pobeda" has launched flights from Moscow to Baku and Tbilisi through the Rostov-on-Don

“The airline company "Pobeda" has launched scheduled flights from Moscow to Baku from October 30 with an intermediate stop at the airport of Rostov-on-Don”, - reported the general director of "Pobeda" Andrey Kalmykov at a press conference in Rostov on Tuesday. We are starting to fly from Rostov airport…

01.11.2016

"Aeroflot" will twice increase flights to London this winter

“Airline company "Aeroflot" almost double increase the frequency of flights from Moscow to London this winter”, - said the carrier in a statement. The number of flights will increase from current 18 to 32 flights a week. This is due to the opening of the flights to the second most important airport of…