Incoming - Russian Travel Digest

09.10.2016

Tourist flow to the Crimea has grown by 25% since the beginning of the year

“In the first nine months of 2016 4.895 million tourists rested in the Crimea, which is 24.2% higher than in the same period of 2015”, - said in the Ministry of resorts and tourism of the region. "On the Southern coast of Crimea 43% of tourists have rested, on the West Coast - 33.5%, on the East -…

06.10.2016

The tourist flow to Kamchatka reserves grew by almost a third

“The number of tourists visiting the Kronotsky Reserve and the South Kamchatka Federal Reserve in summer 2016 has grown by almost a third compared with the last summer”, - said in the administration of "Kronotsky State Nature Reserve". "Compared to the tourist season of the last year, the number of…

06.10.2016

North Caucasus is planning to launch air traffic to China in 2018

“Two regular flights is planned to be launched from Dagestan and the Stavropol region to China”, - said reporters the adviser of the head of Minister of Caucasus of the Russian Federation Stanislav Aristov on Tuesday. "Probably it will be the route Makhachkala - Guangzhou and Mineralnye Vody - Urumqi.…

05.10.2016

Ministry of Health: incoming medical tourism to Russia has grown by 35% for six months

“The flow of foreigners, who come to Russia for medical treatment, increased by 35% in the first half of 2016”, - said the Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova to TASS. This statement was made at the International Investment Forum in Sochi. "Over the past year the number of medical tourists has…

05.10.2016

Karachay-Cherkessia will cooperate with the leading tour operators of China

Karachay-Cherkessia (KCR) and the leading tour operators of the Chinese People's Republic signed a memorandum on cooperation in the sphere of tourism, designed to significantly increase the numbers of tourists in the KCR. "The agreement became a continuation of the agreements on the organization of…

04.10.2016

Tretyakov Gallery will use the City Pass card to attract foreign tourists

“Tretyakov Gallery plans to attract more foreigners, who are only 10℅ of the total number of visitors to the museum”, - said the general director of the State Tretyakov Gallery Zelfira Tregulova. "We are working in this system since the beginning of 2016. The number of tourists, who use it, is increasing…

04.10.2016

The Moscow income from Chinese tourists could exceed $ 1 billion in 2016

“Thanks to tourists from China Moscow budget can be added by more than $ 1 billion in 2016”, - said the head of the department of national policy, international relations and tourism Vladimir Chernikov. "According to our very conservative estimates, which have been taken into account for the past…

30.09.2016

Sevastopol authorities are expecting the growth of tourist flow by 20% till the end of the year

“About 320 thousand tourists visited Sevastopol since the beginning of 2016”, - said the city Governor Dmitry Ovsyannikov. "According to the figures of September 1 2016, we have about 320 thousand tourists. This is a level for Sevastopol for the entire 2015. And so, following the results of 2016,…

29.09.2016

Tour operators of China plan to develop cooperation with Ingushetia

Representatives of the five leading tour operators of China visited Ingushetia to study the tourism potential and development conditions for the purpose of increasing cooperation with the region within the framework of the opening of a new tourist route "Great Silk Road", - said the press-secretary of…

28.09.2016

The tourist route "Great Silk Road" was opened in North Caucasus.

“The ceremony of meeting of Russian and Chinese tour operators in Makhachkala on Sunday opened a new tourist route "Great Silk Road" in North Caucasus”, - reports the agency "Interfax-South". “The opening of this route will strengthen the strategic cooperation between Russia and China, because the…

27.09.2016

Russian far eastern national park to open 7 eco-tour routes

Seven eco-tour routes will be launched in the Land of the Leopard National Park in Russia’s Far Eastern Primorye region in order to attract Russian tourists as well as those from Asian-Pacific countries, the park’s director Tatyana Baranovskaya told TASS. "Seven ecological routes will be established…

26.09.2016

Chechnya to host first international gastronomical festival

The first international festival of culinary art and active recreation "Shashlyk-Mashlyk" will take place in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, on October 8-9, the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturizm) said on Wednesday. "The festival’s program includes degustation, master classes in cooking grilled…

21.09.2016

Russia annually loses $ 6 billion due to the hard visa regime.

Some of the BRICS countries, in particular, Russia, India and Brazil annually lose billions of dollars due to hard visa policy. This opinion was expressed in the Financial Times by the leading economist of the “Renaissance Capital” Charles Robertson. According to him, Russia has a great potential…

20.09.2016

Federal Tourism Agency wants to promote vacation in Russia via Alibaba

The Federal Tourism Agency is interested in promotion of vacations in Russia on internet sites of Chinese online retailer Alibaba, head of the agency Oleg Safonov said in an interview with TASS as part of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) "We plan to hold a meeting with the management of Alibaba. The…

20.09.2016

Foreign tourism on the rise in Russia’s Primorye

The number of foreigners visiting Russia’s Primorye (Maritime territory) in the first half of this year grew 20% year-on-year, the head of the Federal Tourism Agency (Rosturizm) told Tass on Thursday on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum. Oleg Safonov said 231,800 foreigners visited the region…

19.09.2016

In 2016 the number of Iranian tourists visited Russia increased by 60 thousand.

“In 2016 Russia was visited by 60 thousand Iranian tourists more than a year earlier”, - said in the Russian Association of Tour Operators (ATOR) referring to the Iranian embassy Сounselor Hassan Saleh Madja. Hassan Saleh Majd told about it during the first joint meeting on tourism with ATOR. He noted…

16.09.2016

Tourists appreciated Hermitage as the best museum in Europe and third in the world.

The web site of trips planning and booking “TripAdvisor” announced the names of the rewords “Travelers' Choice” holders in the category "Museums". The best in Russia and Europe, and third in the world became the State Hermitage Museum - the portal "Interfax-Tourism" was reported in “TripAdvisor” press…

15.09.2016

Moscow will host for the first time the FIJET Congress in late September.

In the period 22 - 26 of September 2016, the next FIJET Congress will be held in the capital of Russia with the support of Department of national policy, interregional relations and tourism of Moscow. FIJET is the International Federation of Journalists and Writers, who are writing about tourism. More…

15.09.2016

Incoming tourist flow to Russia in summer season 2016 had grew.

According to a report of research company “ForwardKeys” – the number of foreign tourists who came to Russia in summer season 2016 had grew by 19% in comparison with the same period of the last year, The research is based on an analysis of data of more than 200 thousand travel agencies. According to…

13.09.2016

The hotel occupancy of Sochi region during summer time 2016 exceeded the same period of Olympian Games.

“The average hotel occupancy of Sochi region last summer was 82%. It is more than during the Olympic Games 2014”, - told reporters the Head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov on Monday. "The average hotel occupancy during the Olympic Games 2014 was about 72%. In Krasnodar region we see the…

Tourist flow to the Crimea has grown by 25% since the beginning of the year

The tourist flow to Kamchatka reserves grew by almost a third

North Caucasus is planning to launch air traffic to China in 2018

Ministry of Health: incoming medical tourism to Russia has grown by 35% for six months

Karachay-Cherkessia will cooperate with the leading tour operators of China

Tretyakov Gallery will use the City Pass card to attract foreign tourists

The Moscow income from Chinese tourists could exceed $ 1 billion in 2016

Sevastopol authorities are expecting the growth of tourist flow by 20% till the end of the year

Tour operators of China plan to develop cooperation with Ingushetia

The tourist route "Great Silk Road" was opened in North Caucasus.

Russian far eastern national park to open 7 eco-tour routes

Chechnya to host first international gastronomical festival

Russia annually loses $ 6 billion due to the hard visa regime.

Federal Tourism Agency wants to promote vacation in Russia via Alibaba

Foreign tourism on the rise in Russia’s Primorye

In 2016 the number of Iranian tourists visited Russia increased by 60 thousand.

Tourists appreciated Hermitage as the best museum in Europe and third in the world.

Moscow will host for the first time the FIJET Congress in late September.

Incoming tourist flow to Russia in summer season 2016 had grew.

The hotel occupancy of Sochi region during summer time 2016 exceeded the same period of Olympian Games.

There are more countries and destinations with direct flights from Russia this summer comparing with the summer 2023.

Usual way of living: Moscow Dive Show 2021

Opening of the International Cooperation Center with the UAE in the field of education

ITB China 2024 demonstrates increased interest in inbound and outbound tourism