“Russian tourists made more than 230,000 trips to the French capital in 2017, which is 51% more than a year ago”, - reported the Head of the Russian representative office of the Agency of Tourism Development in France «Atout France» Inessa Korotkova. "In Paris in 2017 we recorded 230,1 thousand Russian…
Tour operators in this summer season expect an increase of sales of tours to Greece, but already note a number of factors that since the beginning of summer restrain the demand for the direction.
Despite some pressure from the actively growing Turkey, Greece in the season-2018 demonstrates growth…
“In January-May 2018 Azerbaijan was visited by 1 million 55.6 thousand foreign citizens from 184 countries”, - reported the State Statistics Committee. "The number of foreign citizens visiting Azerbaijan increased by 10.1% in comparison with the same period of 2009. The share of tourists from Russian…
From January to April 2018 about 389,000 local and 517,000 foreign tourists lived in Estonian hotels. In comparison with the same period in 2017 the number of tourists increased by 2% and 3% respectively. The number of tourists from Russia since the beginning of the year till April 2018 reached 93 thousand,…
According to the official statistics of Switzerland, in November 2017 - April 2018 the country was visited by 72.6 thousand tourists from Russia, which is 9.1% more in comparison with the same period of the last winter. "The period from November to April is considered as a winter season in Switzerland.…
Germany is in the TOP 10 of popular foreign countries visited by Russian tourists. According to the annually published data of Rosstat, Germany was visited:
2014 year - 1 435 000 Russian tourists
2015 year - 1 111 448 Russian tourists
2016 year - 1 057 388 Russian tourists
Diplomatic scandals and the fall of the national currency did not turn Russians away from travel to Europe.
Moreover, the dynamics of early sales of air tickets for the regular flights (from January to April) for the summer season testifies the growing popularity of European countries in comparison…
For the first quarter of 2018 the Russian tourist flow to Estonia grew by 17. As Ilona Kobeian, the representative of VisitEstonia in Moscow, reported nearly 74 thousand Russian tourists visited Estonia in the first quarter, the number of nights exceeded 156 thousand. "Over the first three months the…
“Ural Airlines, which has been carrying out four flights a week from Zhukovsky airport (Moscow) to Tbilisi, began flights daily from May 29”, - said Anzor Kavtiashvili the Russian airline representative in Georgia. "In connection with the upcoming summer season, Ural Airlines is increasing the frequency…
“In January-April 2018 357,000 Russian citizens visited Georgia, which is 31.2% more than the same period of 2017”, - reports the National Tourism Administration of Georgia. As the Head of the department Georgy Chogovadze said, in April the number of Russians who visited Georgia increased by 43.4% in…
“Nordavia airline will begin flights from Murmansk to Oslo on June 4, 2018”, - the company's press service reported. Flights in this direction will be carried out once a week until October 21, 2018. They are designed, first of all, for passengers who fly from the north of Russia for traveling across…
“In March 55,400 Russian tourists visited Spain, which is 13% more than in the same month a year ago”, - according to the National Institute of Statistics of the country. In total, 5.4 million foreign tourists visited Spain in March, which is 10% more than in the same month in 2017. Most travelers came…
Germania Airlines will carry out the direct scheduled flights from Dresden to St. Petersburg from May 4 to October 26 of this year. “The departures from St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport are performed on Mondays and Fridays, from Dresden to St. Petersburg on Thursdays and Sundays”, - according to a press…
In 2017, according to the tourist administration of Trentino region of Italy, 35,000 Russian citizens came here to rest. Russian tour operators and airlines intend to increase the flow of tourists to the Dolomites in 2018. The growth of the Russian tourist flow in Trentino, known among skiers as the…
“Finnair has resumed scheduled flights from Helsinki to Samara from May 1”, - the carrier's press service reported. The flights from Helsinki are carried out three times a week - on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 23:40 by Embraer-190 aircraft. From Samara departures are on Mondays, Wednesdays and…
“233,000 Russian citizens visited Georgia in January-March 2018, which is 25.5% more than in the same period of the last year”, - said the Head of the National Tourism Administration Georgy Chogovadze. According to him, in March the number of Russians who visited Georgia increased by 37% in comparison…
“Turkey, Cyprus and Spain have become the most popular foreign holiday destinations for May holidays”, - said the Executive Director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze.
"Half of all the sold tours for May holidays are to Turkey resorts.…
