For pre-holiday and holiday days, from December 27 to January 9, traffic on the border of Russia and Finland grew by 5,5%. In general, according to the Finnish border guard, about 412 thousand border crossings were registered for two weeks at the checkpoints Torfyanovka (Vaalimaa), Brusnichnoye (Nuyamaa),…
Six months after Russia suspended direct flights to and from Georgia, the Caucasus country has recorded around 100 000 less Russian tourists than in the same period of 2018, the Georgian National Tourism Administration (GNTA) has said.
However, the country managed to draw a record number…
Russia’s Ural Airlines launched its first-ever flight from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport (DME) to London Stansted Airport (STN) on Friday, Business Traveler reports.
The four times weekly service is being operated by a 160-seater Airbus A320 aircraft, configured with the economy and business…
Russian tourists made up a third of all tourist visits in Azerbaijan. This was reported by the State Agency for Tourism of the country. According to the Agency, in general, the number of tourists visiting Azerbaijan from January to November increased by 11,1% and reached 2,9 million people. So, the…
According to the results of three quarters of 2019, the number of Russian citizens who visited Serbia with tourist purposes increased by 36,7%. The region is becoming increasingly popular. From the number of federal tour operators new players are entering in the destination.
Experts commented the prospect of a new charter flight from Novosibirsk to Barcelona - from May 28 to October 1, 2020 - which will be performed by Azur Air by order of Anex Tour.
The tour operator explained the decision to launch a new flight by the demand for Spain. “We have studied the…
Tour operators began to arrange flight programs from Kazan for the new season. Among the most noticeable changes compared 2019 are increasing of flights to the capital of Crete.
So, flights to Heraklion from April will be offered by Tez Tour. As the head of PR service of the tour operator…
In November, the Cypriot authorities noted another record by the number of tourists - reaching 3,86 million tourists per year. As a result, the country “forgets” the panic over the decline in tourist flows. Moreover, in addition to the traditional British market, the Russian and Israeli source markets…
Russian tourists have bought 80-90% of ski tours to Turkey for the coming winter, according Marina Makarkova, the head of the PR department of Coral Travel.
"Tours to the resort of Erciyes (Kayseri) were bought up to 80%, to Palandoken (Erzurum) – up to 90%. Interest in both destinations increased…
10 apartments, 2 non-residential premises and a house with three plots of land, sold by the ex-director of the business failure DSBW tour operator Karen Goncharov shortly before the start of his bankruptcy proceedings, led to another lawsuit. On July 3, 2018, the tour operator DSBW announced the impossibility…
According to the airport press service, since April 29, 2020, Nordwind Airlines starts charter flights from Kaluga airport to Antalya (Turkey) and from May 23, 2020 to Heraklion (Greece) and Monastir (Tunisia).
The flights to Antalya will be operated twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays.…
Turkish experts compiled a rating according to the volume of Russian tourists sent by tour operators to the resorts of Antalya for 11 months of 2019. According to Turizm Guncel, referring to the TurizmDatabank study, Tui is on the first position in the ranking with a share of 14,1%. Also the number…
In 2020, after the new rules came into force, Russian tourists traveling to Italy will be able to count on receiving five-year Schengen visas. “The new rules will not significantly change anything. They are aimed at improving the organization of the internal process. Periods of visa duration will…
Turkey has become an almost year-round holiday destination for Russians. The introduction of a hotel tax in the country is unlikely to affect demand, as the executive director of the Association of Russian Tour Operators (ATOR) Maya Lomidze told, summing up the results of 2019. “In outbound tourism,…
The protests in Paris, which began last week, have not yet decreased the demand for this destination among Russian tourists. So, according to Victoria Kuznetsova, manager of France Bsi Group, protest actions do not affect the work of the company. “Requests for France continue to come, there are no…
Foreign Ministers of Russia and Andorra Sergey Lavrov and Maria Ubah have signed an Agreement on the conditions of refusing from visa formalities for mutual trips of citizens.
The agreement will enter into force 90 days after signing.
Utair Airlines flies according to the autumn-winter schedule, which will be valid until March 28, 2020. In the "winter" framework Utair launches a route to Germany.
From December 28, 2019 to January 12, 2020, the carrier will regularly operate flights from Moscow to Munich and back. From…
According to the Russian Border Guard Service, the number of trips from Russia to Greece with purpose of tourism for 9 months of this year decreased by 10%, amounting to 561 000 people against 623 000 in the same period in 2018. In the list of the most popular destinations, the country declined from…
