17.12.2015

Putin grants visa-free travel to Russia for foreign participants of major events
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree permitting visa-free access to Russia for foreign nationals who participate in sportive, cultural, scientific or business events. The relevant decree has been posted on the official Internet portal of legal information. The decree grants foreign nationals…
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10.12.2015

Russia’s first snow and ice hotel to be built in Kamchatka
Plans are advancing in the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula for a holiday hotel made of ice and snow, a local tourism official said on Wednesday. "It will be built in 2016 using Canadian and Scandinavian technologies. It will be unique for Russia," Gevork Shkhiyan said. The establishment will open on…
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04.12.2015

Sochi Russia’s most popular destination for New Year holidays — deputy minister
The Black Sea resort of Sochi has become the most popular New Year destination for Russians, Deputy Culture Minister Alla Manilova said on Friday. "Sochi is an all-season resort, the demand is unprecedented," Manilova said. "All hotels for the New Year are already booked." According to Manilova, Russians…
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29.10.2015

Russia expects tourism flow from China to triple in five years
Some 2.5 million tourists from China visited Russia in 2015, and their number is expected to triple by 2020, a deputy head of the Federal Agency for Tourism said on Wednesday. Roman Skory said the incoming tourist flow to Russia has grown by five percent in the first half of 2015, adding that most tourists…
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26.10.2015

In 2015, Petersburg expects to receive more than 6.5 million tourists
At the end of 2015, tourists' flow to St. Petersburg could reach 6.6 million people, the head of the Municipal Committee for Tourism Development Inna Shalyto said at a press conference in the news agency "Interfax North-West" on Thursday. "I hope that we will be in the range of 6.5-6.6 million tourists.…
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26.10.2015

Increase of tourist's arrivals to Russia in 2015 will exceed 5%
At the end of 2015, inbound tourist flow to Russia will increase by more than 5% compared to the last year, the deputy head of the Federal Tourism Agency Sergei Korneev said. Earlier, citing data from the Federal State Statistics Service, it was reported that in the first half of 2015 the number of…
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16.10.2015

Russia’s largest casino opens near Vladivostok
The first casino Tigre de Cristal was opened on Thursday in Primorye entertainment zone located in Muravyinaya Bay near Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East. Over a thousand guests attended the opening ceremony. "The new property developed in the Primorye integrated resort is greater than all existing casinos…
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16.10.2015

Russia sees growing tourist flow from South Korea, Iran, Arab states — ministry
The tourist flow to Russia from South Korea, Iran, Arab states and countries of the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is growing at a high pace, Deputy Culture Minister Alla Manilova told reporters on Friday, sounding an optimistic note on inbound tourism on the whole. She said the growth…
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16.10.2015

Over 800,000 Chinese tourists expected in Russia in 2015
The number of Chinese tourists visiting Russia may double in 2015 and exceed 800,000, Alexander Fedin, head of the 'World Without Borders' travel association, said on Monday. "In 2014 more than 400,000 Chinese tourists visited Russia," Fedin said at an opening ceremony of Visit Russia national tourism…
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16.10.2015

Peterhof closes fountain season with tradition Autumn Compliment festival
The Autumn Compliment music festival will wind up another season in Russia’s "capital of fountains" Peterhof, one of St.Petersburg’s suburban estates. The fountains will be closed until spring. However, the museums in Peterhof, Oranienbaum and Strelna will continue to work and receive visitors, the press…
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06.10.2015

Demand for icebreaker tours to North Pole surges after reports on their termination
Plans to terminate commercial tours to the North Pole on the nuclear-powered icebreakers of the Atomflot company in 2016 have triggered an agitated surge of demand for these tours, Sergey Shirokiy, the chief of the tourist department of the Russian Arctic national park told reporters on Thursday as he…
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30.09.2015

Mosque will be one of the most popular attractions in Moscow
New Mosque in Moscow, which officially opened on Wednesday at the site of a historic building, will be one of the most important attractions of the capital, according to the official tourist portal of the city which turned it into a guided tour of "World Religions in Moscow." The opening ceremony…
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28.09.2015

Russian Tourism Agency wants to upgrade the tourist brand "Golden Ring of Russia"
Russian Tourism Agency in conjunction with federal departments and agencies, and tour operators expects to upgrade the tourist brand "Golden Ring of Russia", the deputy head of the Federal Tourism Agency, Sergey Korneev, told to journalists on Friday. "We will begin a reboot of the" Golden Ring "as…
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16.09.2015

Putin offers easing visa regime for some categories of tourists from BRICS countries
YALTA, August 17. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to ease visa regime for some categories of tourists from BRICS countries. "In order to attract foreign tourists, it is probably worth considering to further ease visa regime - for instance, to expand practice of visa-free group exchange.…
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16.09.2015

Easing visa regime may double Russia’s tourism revenues
Russia’s tourism revenues may double shortly if the government rules to ease visa regime, Russian Federal Tourism Agency head Oleg Safonov told TASS on Tuesday. "Last year foreign tourists spend some $12 billion in Russia," Safronov said adding that the country’s tourism sphere had more possibilities. "Of…
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16.09.2015

Lavrov proposes scrapping visas between Russia, Dominican Republic
Moscow offers visa-free travel to the Dominican Republic, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday at a meeting with Dominican Vice President Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez. "We are glad to see you in Moscow. It is the first visit at such a high level. It will mark an important milestone…
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08.09.2015

Russia to promote its tourism among visitors from Middle East and Africa
The deputy head of the national tourism agency names economic conditions in Russia favorable for development of inbound tourism. Russia’s tourism agency suggests promoting Northern Sea Route and Arctic cruises. Tourism officials will continue to promote Russia as a tourist destination for travellers…
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08.09.2015

Russian tourism agency suggests opening Vostochny spaceport for tourists
"The cosmodrome is a unique facility, such facilities can be counted on the fingers of one hand, they should be used in the tourism industry," the tourism agency's head said. Head of the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism (Rostourism) Oleg Safonov has suggested making the Vostochny cosmodrome a tourist…
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08.09.2015

Russia's Kaluga airport opens for international flights
The decision to open an international airport in Kaluga was made to lower the deficit of regional airports and increase investment attractiveness of the Kaluga Region. A new international airport has opened in central Russia. It is located in the administrative center of a large industrial region of…
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08.09.2015

Moscow Metro gets first free public toilet
Passengers will have access to the platform-level facility using the Troika card, an electronic ticket from the city's public transport operator The first free public toilet has been installed at Prospekt Mira metro station in central Moscow, the capital’s underground railway chief, Dmitry Pegov, said…
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