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.
Since November, there are more and more people wishing to get Schengen in visa centers for winter season. According to the estimates of Vladimir Larionov, director general of the Larkos visa company, the demand will grow by 20%. “Most often Russians apply for a visa for visiting France, Spain and…
The summer season in Greece came to the end. It’s high time to speak about the result and make some conclusions. We have turned to Russian tour operators working on the destination. Almost all operators consider the season 2019 in Greece as rather successful. But the situation is different for mass…
Turkey believes that after the record summer season of 2019, the Russians will actively have holidays on Antalya beaches in the winter months. In the winter season, flights to Antalya are planned from 16 cities of Russia. For the first 10 months of 2019, 14,3 million foreign tourists visited the…
After several years of growth of tourist flow, Greece is planning to break the record in 2020. Such confidence was expressed by Harry Theoharis, the Minister of Tourism of the country. “Thanks to hard work and public-private partnerships, tourism will break more records in both quality and quantity…
According to the data of the FSB Border Service of Russia, for 9 months of this year, Italy showed a significant growth of the number of departures among Russian tourists. If during the same months of 2018, the destination increased in volumes by 16%, then for the same period in 2019 – by 22,3%. …
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…
Thinking about number of Russian tourists annually visiting Greece, I was surprised that data of various sources differ so much. I analyzed statistics of Bank of Greece, Consulates of Greece in Russia, Russian Statistics Service, and Russian Border Service. It is also impossible to use statistics…
For the 9 months of 2019, almost 6 million of Russians visited Turkey, which is a new record for the Russian market. By the number of arrivals, tourist flow from the Russian Federation for three quarters have already exceeded the figures for the whole of 2018.
The Ministry of Tourism and Culture…
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,…
Russian tourists helped Cyprus to set a tourist flow’s record in September - tourists from Russia and Israel have increased the tourist flow in the destination up to 525 thousand visitors. This is 0,9% more than last year. And in general, this is the highest volume of tourist arrivals for this month…
As Nuria Lorenzo Gutierrez, the representative of the Tenerife Tourism Office, said, about 80 thousand Russian tourists annually come to Tenerife, which is just over 1% of the total foreign tourist flow. “Generally, the tourist flow from Russia to Tenerife is 79-80 thousand people per year, which…
As Cypriot news outlet Ant1 reported, from 2020 Cyprus and Israel will promote joint travel packages for tourists in Russia, the U.S. and Germany, focusing on golf, gastronomy and wellness holidays. A statement from Cypriot Tourism Minister Savvas Perdios and Israel’s Tourism Ministry Director-General…
The volume of winter transportation to Barcelona this year increased compared to last year. Tui became the only tour operator which has increased air volumes. If last year the company got blocks of seats on regular flights, this year in addition to blocks Tui launches own charter on the basis of Ural…
The cost of tours to Turkey for Russian tourists in 2020 will remain at the level of 2019, according to Erjument Yunalan, the commercial director of the tour operator Coral Travel.
"Currently there are no prerequisites for price increases," he said at a press conference. Mr. E. Yunalan also…
Bulgaria will be expanding cooperation with Russia in tourism, so it seeks to facilitate the issuance of visas for Russian tourists, Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said in an interview ahead of her visit to Moscow.
“Russia is an extremely important partner…
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…
