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12.10.2016

Russia is included into the TOP 3 of the most popular destinations among tourists from China in early October

“Korea, Japan and Russia became the most popular countries for international travel among the Chinese tourists during the "golden week" (from 1 to 7 October)”, - said the agency Xinhua on Monday, citing data from the State Administration of Tourism of China. During the national holiday the numbers…

12.10.2016

Foreign tourists spend in Moscow one billion dollars

According to preliminary data, Moscow will be visited by about 1.8 million foreign tourists this year, and they could spend $ 945 million. These data were obtained from the analysis of “Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index”. On the average, the foreign tourists visiting Moscow spend $ 800 per…

11.10.2016

New offices of “Visit Russia” will be opened in four European capitals before the end of the year

“The new offices of “Visit Russia” will be opened in Madrid, London, Milan and Paris before the end of the year”, - said the deputy head of the Federal Tourism Agency Sergei Korneev on Thursday. "There are some areas where we want to activate our presence: firstly - this is Europe, we can see the…

11.10.2016

The resort "Rose Hutor" will begin to sell package tours for foreign tourists

“Russian mountain resort "Rosa Hutor", located in Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi, will begin to sell winter package tours for German tourists”, - said the director of marketing and sales of the resort Olga Filipenkova at a press conference on Thursday. "The first guests from Germany will be able to visit…

10.10.2016

Moscow and St. Petersburg were visited by 320 thousand visa-free tourists from China for the first 9 months

“Moscow and St. Petersburg were visited by nearly 320 thousand tourists from China in January-September 2016 on the basis of a visa-free exchange, which is 20% more than in the same period of the last year”, - reports the Travel Association "The World without Borders". According to the association,…

10.10.2016

Russian regions will present tourist potential at the exhibition in Shanghai

“A number of Russian regions will present their tourism potential at the joint Russian national stand at the Shanghai exhibition “China International Travel Market” (CITM 2016)”, - reported the Tourist Association "The World without Borders". The exhibition will be held from 11 till 13 October 2016…

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…