Turkey's sales in Russia have fallen to almost zero - such shocking news is voiced by the Turkish travel newspaper Turizmguncel.
The reasons for this situation were explained by Orkhan Sankar, a representative of Pegas Touristik in the CIS countries. He named three main reasons: the increase…
Based on the current year's booking statistics, Turkey expects an increase of the number of tourists from Russia. Cultural and Tourism Attache of the Turkish Embassy in Russia, Ilker Ozkan, announced preliminary data on the tourist flow for 2022 and gave a forecast for 2023.
At the end of 2022, Turkey once again confirmed its status as the main market of outbound tourism in Russia.
According to the data released by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 44 564 395 foreign tourists visited the country in 2022 (excluding Turkish citizens living abroad).…
In 2022, Russia took the second place in terms of tourist flow to the Mugla province in Turkey, where the resorts of the Aegean Sea are located. The number of Russian tourists has grown by 26% compared to 2021, according to statistics from the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Turkish province.
The number of overnight stays of foreign tourists in Austria from January to December amounted to 86,8 million, twice as many as a year earlier. The flow of tourists from the Russian Federation increased by 58%, according to statistics from Austrian Tourism Office.
The number of Russian tourists in Spain, at least judging by the number of visas issued there, has tripled despite all the sanctions, including the ban on flights from Russia to the EU. Such statistics were cited by the Western news agency Bloomberg, referring to data from the Spanish Foreign Ministry.
Another Turkish ski resort announced its hope almost exclusively on Russian tourists. We are talking about the resort of Erzurum Palandoken. The resort authorities announced a charter program from Russia, which started on December 29 and will last until March 15.
Turkish carrier Pegasus Airlines will take Russian tourists to the ski resorts in Turkey. The airline promises 5 flights a week from Moscow to the ski resort of Kayseri and 3 more flights to Erzurum in the winter season. The tour operator Coral Travel will load the flight. The relevant information…
Tour operators record a significant decrease of the demand for tours to Europe for the New Year holidays and in general for the winter season 2022-2023. There are three main reasons: difficulties to obtain visas, blocking of Russian bank cards abroad, as well as the lack of direct flights.
Russian tourists in the winter season will be offered ski tours to the Turkish resorts of Erciyes, Erzurum and Palandoken. The transportation will be carried out by Pegasus Airlines by order of the tour operator Coral Travel, according to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR).
The Turkish media reported on the successful start of Pegas Touristik tours to Istanbul. We are talking about the launch of regular flights Moscow-Istanbul of the airline Ikar. The first flight took off on November 10.
Flights are operated from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) to Istanbul…
According to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the total number of foreign tourists in the country in January-September 2022 almost doubled compared to the same period last year and exceeded 34,8 million.
Germany, Russia and the UK were the countries that sent the most visitors…
Russian tourists have already felt the impact of international travel complications to a greater extent than most other Europeans. The tourist flow from Russia to the rest of the continent this year has declined sharply, according to Maya Lomidze, the executive director of the Association of Tour…
Package tours to Istanbul with departures from Moscow and St. Petersburg have appeared in the Biblio-Globus tour operator's sales system. The offer is based on direct flights of Rossiya Airlines. The flight program from both cities has started on November 2 and scheduled until the end of March 2023.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey has published fresh statistics on the arrivals of foreign tourists in the country for August and 8 months of 2022.
According to the Turkish Tourism Authority, in August 2022, Russians made 806 505 trips to this country. This is 11% less than…
From October 25, the Czech Republic will ban the entry of Russian tourists with Schengen visas issued by any EU country, Praguemorning reports.
"From Tuesday, October 25, Russian citizens with a valid Schengen visa issued by any EU Member State traveling for tourism, sport or cultural purposes…
Tourists began to actively book New Year's Turkey. As of mid-September 2022, sales figures for New Year's tours from a number of tour operators are already several times higher than the figures for the same period last year.
Russian and Turkish airlines will continue to fly to Turkey in…
The tour operator Anex Tour expands the options of offerings to the resorts of Egypt in the autumn season. In order to optimize transportation, the company proposed a rather unusual project - a joint tour with a route to Egypt through Antalya, which includes a holiday program in Hurghada or Sharm…
The ban for Russian citizens with Schengen visas to cross the borders of the Baltic countries will come into force in the next ten days, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevich said on Wednesday.
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have reached an agreement on significant border crossing restrictions…
Travel companies can no longer book Finnish Schengen visa application slots for customers. From September 1, travel companies can interact with Finnish Visa Application Center on the same grounds as individual applicants and make an appointment for each client separately. The booking must be in the…
