On July, 18, 2019 Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that foreign citizens will get the opportunity to enter Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad region by means of E-visas. Now the same right is used in the Far East and Kaliningrad regions. 

This process started in Russia on September,…

In 2018 the undisputed leader of payments made by Chinese tourists in the AliPay system in Russia became cosmetics shops with an average check of 7,268 Rubles (102 Euros). On the second position are department stores with an average amount for one purchase of 33,100 Rubles (464 Euros). Such data were…

The number of tourists from the United States to Russia has steadily increased since relations between the two countries began to deteriorate in 2014, the Izvestia newspaper reports citing data from Russia’s Federal Security Agency (FSB). 

Almost 1.4 million American citizens have visited…

According to the Border Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia, from January to March 2019 6.4 million foreigners visited the Russian Federation, which is 1.6% more than in the first quarter of 2018. Of these, 469.9 thousand people indicated tourism as the purpose of their visit. This is…

British multinational hospitality company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened three new hotels in Russia and Georgia in recent weeks with a further five venues in the CIS region set to open over the coming months, Tophotel reported. 

So far in 2019, IHG has opened the Crowne Plaza…

Ctrip, the largest online travel agent in Asia, and the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute, or COTRI, jointly released a new travel report at the 2019 ITB China trade fair in Shanghai ((May 15 - 17). The report examines the trends of Chinese outbound travellers who are opting for more high-end…

In the wake of the biggest international event held in Russia last year, the FIFA Soccer World Cup, Russian authorities decided to extend visa-free entry to the country for foreign citizens with Fan IDs after the World Cup ended. Now, this move seems to have yielded its fruit, as every tenth soccer…

According to the data of World Association without Borders, last year Chinese citizens made more than 600,000 trips to Moscow and St. Petersburg in organized tourism groups. This figure shows an increase in flow of 19% compared with 2017 year. 

The majority of Chinese tourists still enter…

In 2018, Chinese organized tourist flow in Russia increased by almost 20% and, according to forecasts, in 2019 this figure will continue to grow. However, the representatives of the Russian travel industry are not happy about this: experts over several years have publicly declared that guests from…

An upward trend in tourist flow to Russia has continued until the end of 2018, and has made up 20 percent compared to the previous year, RIA news agency reported citing Maya Lomidze, executive director of the Association of Russian Tour Operators (ATOR).

“We see that positive dynamics remained…