Incoming - Russian Travel Digest

22.11.2016

The number of Chinese tourists visiting Russia increased by 40% in January-September

“More than 670 thousand "visa-free" tourists from China visited Russia from January to September 2016, it is 40% more than in the same period of 2015, and 18% more than for whole last year”, - reported the Tourist Association "The World without borders". Irkutsk region demonstrates an explosive dynamics…

16.11.2016

Rosturizm: the growth of incoming tourism to Russia will be at least 6% for the year 2016

“The growth of incoming tourist flow for the end of 2016 is expected to be at least 6%”, - told reporters on Tuesday the head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov. "Incoming tourism is on the rise in our country, last year we had plus 6%, this year we expect no less", - added O.Safonov at a…

16.11.2016

Safonov: The Russian tourist brand will be in the spring of 2017

“The work on the development of the Russian tourism brand will be completed in March 2017”, - told to reporters the head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov on Tuesday. "We had planned to complete the work in December, but in the process of implementation we realized that some things have not…

15.11.2016

Visit Chechnya

A delegation of travel agencies representatives from different regions of Russia as wel as travel media representatives visitied the Chechen Republic at the invitation of the Federal Agency for Tourism of the Russian Federation.

During the four-day stay the participants were able to…

07.11.2016

Russia will stop issuing short-term visas to foreigners for visiting Kaliningrad

The Russian Foreign Ministry has decided to stop the experiment of short-term three-day visas for visiting the Kaliningrad region. "From January 1, 2017 the decision of the Russian Foreign Ministry leadership will stop the experiment of issuing short-term tourist visas to foreign citizens and stateless…

31.10.2016

A tourist office of St. Petersburg opened in Beijing

“The first foreign office of “Visit Petersburg” opened in Beijing on the basis of the information and business center”, - said the press service of the Development Committee of Tourism of St. Petersburg on Thursday. The opening of the office took place in the framework of the "Petersburg meeting in…

31.10.2016

The Chinese company plans to build a recreation complex in Primorsky region

“The Chinese company "Chuancin Tyantsi Hot Springs" is planning to build a recreation complex in Primorsky region, capable of serving more than 2 million people a year”, - said in the press-service of the Primorye administration. "We hope that our project will be a hotel complex near the sea, with…

26.10.2016

The Great Tea Road project to be launched in Russia

On October 25, the coordination council of interregional tourism project "The Great Tea Road" gathered in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation to discuss the organization and the promotion of these tours in different parts of Russia. The Great Tea Road includes train travel from China to Ural.…

26.10.2016

China is ready to invest $ 11 billion in tourism cluster on Baikal

"Grand Baikal" - the largest tour operator of the Irkutsk region and Chinese company "Chzhuntszinsin" signed a memorandum of cooperation, within of which it is planned to create a tourism cluster on Baikal. As the press-service of the tour operator said, that it is planned to build not only a modern…

19.10.2016

Italian Veneto region and the Crimea will cooperate in economy and tourism

The President of the Regional Parliament of Veneto (Italy) Roberto Chambetti and the Speaker of the State Council of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov signed on Friday a joint statement on the development of inter-regional cooperation in trade, economy, tourism, scientific and cultural spheres. "The parties…

18.10.2016

Rosturizm urged to simplify the visa regime for the Arctic cruise passengers

“The head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov urged to simplify the visa regime for the cruise passengers in order to develop tourism industry in the Russian Arctic”, - the website of the Agency reported on Friday. "The world practice shows that any simplification of visa formalities provides…

18.10.2016

The "Russian Village" - tourist and health cluster - opened in Dalian, China

“The cultural, historical and health-improvement complex "Russian village" was opened in China”, - reported the press service of the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Federation. The complex is located in the Chinese metropolis Dalian (Liaoning Province), near the Lushunkou area. Within the complex…

18.10.2016

South Korea will resume the ferry line Sokcho-Zarubino-Hunchun in summer 2017

“South Korea plans to resume the interrupted in 2014 ferry line from Sokcho (South Korea) - Zarubino (Russia) - Hunchun (China) in the summer of 2017”, - said the president of the Sea tourist center of Kangwon Province Pak Tae Uk. "On the line we are you planning to use ships with a capacity of about…

18.10.2016

Russia became the most popular European country for Chinese tourists during the "Golden Week"

“Russia is the third best of the number of trips of Chinese tourists during the "Golden Week" (the national holiday of China) from 1 to 7 October 2016”, - Xinhua news agency reported. The most popular destinations of travels of the "Golden Week" were the Republic of Korea, Japan, Russia, Thailand, Australia,…

18.10.2016

Moscow and St. Petersburg were visited by 300 thousand Chinese tourists for the first 9 months of 2016

According to the Tourist Association "The World without Borders", within the visa-free exchange program Moscow and St. Petersburg were visited by nearly 320 thousand tourists for the first 9 months of 2016, which is 20% more than in the same period of the last year. According to the association, Chinese…

16.10.2016

Russia will create a company to deliver tourists to the International Space Station

“The space tourist flights operator may appear in Russia”, - reported a source in the aerospace industry. "Now we are discussing the question of creating the Russian company that can organize space tourist flights to the International Space Station (ISS) in the near future", - said the source. He…

16.10.2016

Kamchatka authorities are planning to receive 800 thousand tourists annually by 2025

“By 2025 in the framework of the tourism development in Kamchatka it is expected to increase tourist flow in the region up to 800 thousand people per year, approximately one fifth of this number will be foreign tourists”, - said the Governor of the Kamchatka Territory Vladimir Ilyukhin. According…

16.10.2016

Japanese hotel chain may build a hotel in Vladivostok

“The Japanese hotel chain "Hotel Okura", which manages 50 hotels in Japan, is considering the question of building a hotel in Vladivostok”, - said the president of "Hotel Okura" Toshihiro Ogita at a meeting of business circles of Japan with the Vice-Governor of Primorye Sergey Nekhaeva. "Our network…

16.10.2016

The Russian border crossing by vehicle may become fee-paying

“The Russian Ministry of Transport has proposed to introduce a fee-paying crossing of the state border by vehicles and cargo trains. It is assumed, that money will be spent on infrastructure development of the border check passes”, - reported "Kommersant" on Thursday. As the newspaper writes, at the…

16.10.2016

Crimean "Artek" became the part of the International Association of Children's camps

“The International Association of children's camps has brought into the fold the Children's center "Artek" (Gurzuf, Crimea)”, - said the press service of the "Artek" on Thursday. The president of the organization John Jorgenson "highly appreciated the new stage in the development of “Artek" and announced…

The number of Chinese tourists visiting Russia increased by 40% in January-September

Rosturizm: the growth of incoming tourism to Russia will be at least 6% for the year 2016

Safonov: The Russian tourist brand will be in the spring of 2017

Visit Chechnya

Russia will stop issuing short-term visas to foreigners for visiting Kaliningrad

A tourist office of St. Petersburg opened in Beijing

The Chinese company plans to build a recreation complex in Primorsky region

The Great Tea Road project to be launched in Russia

China is ready to invest $ 11 billion in tourism cluster on Baikal

Italian Veneto region and the Crimea will cooperate in economy and tourism

Rosturizm urged to simplify the visa regime for the Arctic cruise passengers

The "Russian Village" - tourist and health cluster - opened in Dalian, China

South Korea will resume the ferry line Sokcho-Zarubino-Hunchun in summer 2017

Russia became the most popular European country for Chinese tourists during the "Golden Week"

Moscow and St. Petersburg were visited by 300 thousand Chinese tourists for the first 9 months of 2016

Russia will create a company to deliver tourists to the International Space Station

Kamchatka authorities are planning to receive 800 thousand tourists annually by 2025

Japanese hotel chain may build a hotel in Vladivostok

The Russian border crossing by vehicle may become fee-paying

Crimean "Artek" became the part of the International Association of Children's camps

The preferences of Russian cruise tourists have changed over the past three years

Karnataka Tourism greeted travel professionals in St. Petersburg

Health & Wellness tourism: myths and reality

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