“In the first half of the year 2017 268,200 Russian tourists visited Czech Republic, which is 51.1% more than in the same period of the last year”, - said the Director of the representative office of the National Tourist Directorate “ChezhTourizm” in Russian Federation and CIS countries Alena Kudilkova.…
Greece was considered as one of the most demanding destinations for Russians for 2017. As the season is almost over, Russian Travel Digest asked tour operators to give comments regarding results for Greece. The statistics in diagrams and tables is provided by Sletat.ru,…
ANEX Tour in this winter season increases the transportation to Barcelona in comparison with the past period. Since the autumn the frequency of flights to the capital of Catalonia will double - Azur Air will fly twice a week and another flight will be added from January 7, 2018. If it will be necessary,…
“The tourist flow from Russia to France since the beginning of the year increased by 30% agaist the first half of 2016”, - told the Head of the French Agency for the development of tourism with Russia and CIS Inessa Korotkova. "We have a significant increase since the beginning of the year. According…
“The number of Russians night stay in Austria increased by 32% in May-July”, - in comparison with the same period of the last year, according to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) with reference to the data of Austrian representative office of tourism in Russia. "Based on this dynamic,…
“French airline Aigle Azur intends to resume flights from Paris to Moscow from December 2, 2017”, - according to the data, published on the website of the carrier. Flights are scheduled to be performed twice a week from Paris airport Orly to Moscow's Domodedovo airport by Airbus A320. Departure of the…
“Ural Airlines will launch a regular flight from Moscow to Warsaw on December 27”, - the airline's press service reported. Flights to and from Warsaw will be carried out during autumn-winter season until 10 January 2018 - on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays and from 11 January - on Mondays,…
“UTair Airlines will launch flights from Moscow's Vnukovo Airport to Milan, Italy on December 7”, - the carrier's press service reported. "We continue to develop an international network of flights and in December for the first time we will launch regular flights to Italy", - said the President of UTair…
According to the estimates of tour operators, Finland, Sweden and Norway are in TOP 3 of the most popular destinations in northern Europe for the autumn period. In the summer season, it is noted a permanent growing interest in sightseeing trips to Iceland and Norway, which is connected with better weather…
The interest of Russians to travel to the countries of Northern Europe this year has grown. According to tour operators, the northern European destinations sold well in the summer and are actively booked for the winter season and New Year holidays.
“Russians have begun to travel more to Scandinavia…
After long years of absence a charter flight for the ski resort of Turkey is again announced for the winter season 2017/2018. The range of offers, previously consisting only of Uludag and Palandogen, is supplemented by Ercies mountain, located on the slopes of Central Anatolia (an hour's drive from Cappadocia).…
Despite the growth of the cost of tours in European destinations, operators note an increase of the volume of sales of sightseeing tours for the autumn season by about 18-20%. In addition, market participants note the growth of bookings for the New Year holidays.
"The total number of sightseeing tours…
“In January-August 2017 955,500 Russian citizens visited Georgia, which is 34% more than in the same period of 2016”, - informed the Georgian Interior Ministry's information and analytical department. In August, the number of visitors from Russia increased by 27.8% in comparison with August of the previous…
“Turkey, Greece and Cyprus are in the list of the most popular destinations for Russians in the summer of 2017”, - said the Executive Director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Maya Lomidze.
"Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Spain, as well as Croatia, Montenegro and Italy are…
“Finnair will launch an additional flight from Helsinki to Moscow in the summer of 2018”, - said the press-service of the carrier. So, the number of daily flights in this direction will increase up to three. Also, Finnair plans to use Embraer aircraft for the Helsinki-St. Petersburg flights (three times…
“The total tourist flow to Czech Republic increased by 13% in the first half of 2017 in comparison with the same period of 2016”, - said Roman Prokazka, Director of the National Tourist Board of Czech Republic for the regions of Russian Federation and Kazakhstan. He noted that tourists from China are…
In the first quarter of this year 10157 Russian tourists visited Slovakia, which is almost 20% more than in the same period a year ago. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Transport of Slovakia, in 2016 almost 36 thousand Russians visited the country, which exceeded the previous year's figure…
“The new international bus line to the cities of Germany will open from the Moscow bus station "Teply Stan", - reported the site of "Mosgortrans". "The route includes such cities as Berlin, Hannover, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Magdeburg, Frankfurt am Main, Essen and others". The routs are scheduled…
“Ural Airlines has launches regular flights from the Moscow airport Zhukovsky to Rome since September 8”, - said the company's press service. Flights will initially be performed once a week on Fridays, from October 4 the airline will carry out the flights twice a week - on Wednesday and Saturday. "The…
The Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg issued about 300 thousand visas during this high tourist season. "From May to June 2017, we received about 300.000 visa applications. For the same period of the last year the number of accepted documents was less than 170.000", - said the source in the…
