Santa has been forced to file for bankruptcy over a 200,000 Euro tax bill. Popular Lapland attraction has blamed a drop in tourists for poor sales

In a move that will break the hearts of children across the world, the office of Santa Claus has been forced to file for bankruptcy in Lapland…

In the beginning of August, Poland has opened 13 new visa centers in Russia, according to a tweet of the Polish Embassy in Russia. "Taking care of your convenience, we have opened 13 new points of reception of visa applications. We are already in the 26 cities," the diplomatic mission said.

From September, General Consulate of Hungary in Kazan temporarily stops issuing Schengen visas the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) said on Wednesday.This is associated with the introduction of fingerprinting procedures.

Earlier it was reported that after the introduction…

France increased the number of visa centers in Russia, according to the French Ambassador in Russia Jean-Maurice Ripert. "By September 14, we will have 18 centers across Russia, so it's progress," Jean-Maurice Riper said in an interview to RBC. According to him, in 2014 France issued 300 thousand…

From September 1, 2015, Finnair airline cancels flights from Helsinki to Nizhniy Novgorod due to economic factors, according to a press release from the airline.
"Demand for international destinations in Nizhny Novgorod region was weak, and therefore we decided to exclude this route from the…

According to estimations of the General Consulate of Finland in St. Petersburg, this year the Russians will be given about half a million Finnish visas, which is twice less than in the last year, according to the Finnish portal yle.fi. The main reasons for this decline in demand for Finnish visas…

On June 22, Air Moldova company completed the first flight from Chisinau to Moscow airport Sheremetyevo. Flights will be operated from Terminal E on aircraft Embraer 190 with business and economic classes. Departure from Chisinau will be every day at 21:00, from Moscow - at 7:55 am (local time).

The number of Russians who choose holidays in Estonia fell by 38% in April this year compared with the same month in 2014. According to official statistics, the number of visitors from Finland, another main tourist partner country, also decreased by 3%.

Despite a slight increase of…

The Russians took the third place in the number of tourists to Hungary in January-February Tourists from Russia took the third place among all the travelers on the number of nights spent in hotels in Hungary in January and February 2015, the press department of the Office of Tourism of Hungary in…

The number of Russian tourists to Estonia fell in March by 43% compared to March 2014, the Department of Statistics of Estonia said on Monday.

This reduction, coupled with the decrease of tourists from Finland by 11% could not offset the increase in the number of visitors from the most…

On Monday, 11.05.2015, the passenger train on the line Tallinn - St. Petersburg made its last trip because of the company decision temporarily to stop the line.
"We were forced to stop temporarily the traffic on that route, as the economic and political situation does not allow to continue…

The government of the Vologda region are willing to open in the short term visa center of the Czech Republic in Vologda.

As the press office of the governor of Vologda reported, on Thursday at the meeting with the head of the region Oleg Kuvshinnikov, the deputy hetman of the Moravian-Silesian…

German company Nicko Cruises, which specializes in cruises on European rivers, announced the initiation of bankruptcy procedure, the press department of the tour operator reported on Wednesday on April 6.

According to the official statement of Nicko Cruises, bankruptcy was the result…

In January and February 2015, Switzerland has lost 30% of the inflow of Russian tourists when compared to the same period last year. Things are a bit better in March as this is a low-season period usually favored by tourists with lower budget. Some of them might have just postponed their planned peak-season…