The number of Russians who choose holidays in Estonia fell by 38% in April this year compared with the same month in 2014. According to official statistics, the number of visitors from Finland, another main tourist partner country, also decreased by 3%.
The Russians took the third place in the number of tourists to Hungary in January-February Tourists from Russia took the third place among all the travelers on the number of nights spent in hotels in Hungary in January and February 2015, the press department of the Office of Tourism of Hungary in…
Tour operators say about 50% reduction of demand for tours to Spain, meanwhile online booking systems note growing interest for this destination among independent travelers.
"According to estimation of tour operators, the fall in demand for Spain for this season reaches 50%. Although,…
Ministry of Tourism of Bulgaria will increase the number of employees at consulates in Moscow and St. Petersburg, since they expect an increase in last minute bookings, according to the Bulgarian portal News.bg.
New employees will be hired also from local residents. Also, additional staff…
Because of the strengthening of the ruble, the demand for tours to Europe in April doubled in comparison to March , the press department of the tour operator TUI Russia reported.
The company explained that they analyzed the demand for summer tours for Early Bird action, which was held from…
Arrivals from Russia to Europe in the first quarter of 2015 decreased by 30% compared to the same period of the last year, the European Commission on Tourism said.
According to the report, most of the European destinations missed Russian tourists. The only exception was Montenegro…
On Monday, 11.05.2015, the passenger train on the line Tallinn - St. Petersburg made its last trip because of the company decision temporarily to stop the line.
"We were forced to stop temporarily the traffic on that route, as the economic and political situation does not allow to continue…
The government of the Vologda region are willing to open in the short term visa center of the Czech Republic in Vologda.
As the press office of the governor of Vologda reported, on Thursday at the meeting with the head of the region Oleg Kuvshinnikov, the deputy hetman of the Moravian-Silesian…
German company Nicko Cruises, which specializes in cruises on European rivers, announced the initiation of bankruptcy procedure, the press department of the tour operator reported on Wednesday on April 6.
According to the official statement of Nicko Cruises, bankruptcy was the result…
The procedure for the collection of fingerprints to obtain a Schengen visa, starting in Russia in September 2015, may not result in the collapse of visa centers, the first vice-president of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia Vladimir Kantorovich said.
In January and February 2015, Switzerland has lost 30% of the inflow of Russian tourists when compared to the same period last year. Things are a bit better in March as this is a low-season period usually favored by tourists with lower budget. Some of them might have just postponed their planned peak-season…
As many as 900,000 Russians visited Italy in 2014 to spend one billion US dollars there, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday after talks with visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Putin noted that cross years of tourism had been a success in both countries. He said…
For many years, Austria's ski resorts have been one of the most popular with Russian visitors. But this year, a significant drop in the tourist flow from Russia has been recorded. Among reasons for that are the economic recession and the unfavorable rouble-euro exchange rate.
The 2014 travel season was extremely difficult for Cyprus. The island went through financial losses, saw the flag-carrying airline Cyprus Airways leaving the market after almost 70 years of service. The inbound tourist flow to Cyprus added very modest 1.5%. Two countries are responsible for this growth…
Tourist flow from Russia to Europe will not recover until 2016, the Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) said on Wednesday.
Countering Europe-bound movements from other parts of the globe last year, fewer Russian travellers were logged in what the industry called a dramatic downturn expected…
The Russians lost leadership by number of overnights in Finnish hotels to the tourists from Great Britain, as Yle says. According to data from Statistical Centre, the number of nights spent by Russian tourists at Finnish hotels in December 2014 dropped down by 52.1 per cent till 75.5 thousand.
The number of Russian tourists in the Czech Republic has decreased considerably, Czech Television 24 said on Tuesday evening.
The number of Russian visitors decreased by 40% in January and December as compared to the first two months of the previous winter. Fewer middle class tourists visited…
