AVIAREPS has expanded its international market presence with the creation of AVIAREPS Ireland Limited; an entity created with the acquisition of Ireland’s Premair. The new entity creates a permanent AVIAREPS presence within Ireland to provide specialised marketing, public relations and sales (GSA) representation,…
“The number of night of Russian tourists in the hotels of Austrian capital was 211 thousand for the period January - June 2017, which is 34% more than a year earlier”, - it is according to statistics published on the website of the Tourism Board of Vienna.
Among the most frequent visitors to Vienna…
On Thursday, July 20, tour operators working with the Baltic States received an official letter from the Latvian Embassy in Russia. In it, the embassy noted that very few tourists come to the country through Russian providers of tourist services. "Despite a sharp increase of the number of issued visas…
“Demand for tours to Europe from the cities of Siberia began to grow after a serious recession”, - reported the publication of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RCT) Rata News, citing data from representatives of the tourist industry. “This summer, for the first time after a serious recession, the…
The Russian tourist flow to Austria is rising again, which is very pleased for the representatives of local tourist business. "The number of Russian tourists began to grow since the end of 2016. Six months ago we started offering audio guides to visitors from Russia and this service became very popular.…
“The number of tourists who visited Azerbaijan in the first half of 2017 increased by 24% against the same period in 2016 - up to 1.2 million people”, - informs the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. "In the first half of the year, Azerbaijan was visited by 1 million 199.667 thousand…
Russians this year are more actively buying tours with rest and treatment in Slovenia than in the past. This is due to both the profitable course of the Euro and the active promotion of this direction by tour operators. Among tour operators the growth of sales of tours to Slovenia in June was from 15…
Demand for Greek islands in this summer season has grown significantly, according to tour operators.
Islands are at the pick of Popularity
Most tour operators believe that island holidays in Greece this season are more in demand - even though hotels of approximately the same level on the islands…
“German consulates in Russia for the first half of 2017 received 136 thousand requests for visas from Russian citizens, which is 20% more than in the same period a year earlier”, - said Sven Janke, Attaché of the German Embassy in Moscow. "There are 19 visa centers in all major cities in Russia from…
“For the first quarter of 2017 the tourists flow from Russia to Bavaria increased by 20%, up to 187.5 thousand people. Among other federal states of Germany this region is the most popular for Russian tourists”, - said the Head of the Russian RepOffice of the National Office of tourism of Germany Alla…
“In January-May 2017, 371.1 thousand Russian citizens visited Georgia, which is 22.2% more than in the same period of 2016”, - said the Georgian Interior Ministry's information and analytical department. According to the ministry, in May the number of guests from Russian Federation increased by 14.5%…
Today, Russia is the second country by the number of arrivals of foreign tourists to the country and number 1 among the "distant" markets. This was reported to Mrs. Alena Kudilkova the Head of the Russian representative office of the National Tourist Board of Czech Republic (CzechTourism). According…
“In the first quarter of 2017, the tourists flow from Russia to Germany increased by 21.3% шт comparison with the same period of the last year”, - said he representative of the German National Tourist Office in Russia. Between January and March, about 59.000 applications for Schengen visa were received…
“The number of tourists from Russia to Czech Republic may increase by one third in 2017 in comparison with the last year”, - said the Head of the national tourism department of Czech Republic, Alain Kudilkova. "We are very pleased that after the crisis fall the tourist flow from Russia to Czech Republic…
In 2018 Hungarian low-budget airline Wizz Air plans to increase transportation to Russia by 27%, up to 145 thousand. "Up to the end of 2017, we plan to transport about 14 thousand passengers from St. Petersburg, from Moscow - 100 thousand passengers", - said Wizz Air Commercial Director George Michalopulos.…
“In April 2017, almost half of potential tourists searching package tours for May and summer holidays concentrated attention on three countries: Turkey, Greece and Cyprus”, - reports the analytical service of ATOR.
The main trends in April are the following: holiday in inexpensive foreign beach countries,…
“For the first two months of 2017, the number of nights of Russian tourists in Germany grew by 17%, reaching almost 300 thousand”, - said Alla Belikova the Head of the Russian department of the National Tourism Office of Germany (GNTO). "In the first quarter of 2017 the tourist flow began to grow, showing…
On Wednesday, May 17, in Strasbourg the leaders of Ukraine and EU have signed a document on introduction of a visa-free regime between Ukrainian and Europe. After many years of negotiations, all legal formalities were resolved, and for Ukraine a visa-free regime is now only a matter of time. The document…
Since August 27, the low cost airline Wizz Air will launch direct scheduled flights from the northern capital to Budapest and back. According to the representatives of the Russian and Hungarian tourist industry, a direct flight will promote the growth of tourist traffic in both directions. The flights…
