29.11.2018

Moscow City presented new opportunities for Spanish tourists at IBTM World 2018
Moscow is one of the largest business centers in Europe. It holds the first place among the world’s fastest developing cities in the world rankings. Over the past few years, the Moscow government has been paying particular attention to the development of tourist infrastructure and the promotion of the…
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09.11.2018

Tourist flow from India to Russia has increased by 27% for 9 months
“Tourist flow from India to Russia for 9 months of 2018 increased by 27.5% compared to the same period last year”, said the press service of the Russian Information Center in India. “In addition, the number of tourist visas issued from January to September exceeded the number of visas issued for…
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06.11.2018

Moscow City presented new opportunities for English tourists at WTM London 2018
Moscow is one of the largest business centers in Europe. It holds the first place among the world’s fastest developing cities in the world rankings. Over the past few years, the Moscow government has been paying particular attention to the development of tourist infrastructure and the promotion of the…
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18.10.2018

Moscow presented new opportunities for tourists from Singapore at ATB Asia 2018
Every year the number of tourists visiting Moscow grows significantly. In 2017 21.6 millions of tourists visited Moscow, by the end of 2018 we expect the growth of the tourist flow by at least 10%. Modern infrastructure was created in Moscow so that the guests of the capital could feel comfortable and…
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01.10.2018

Russia is in the TOP-10 of abroad destinations for Chinese tourists
Russia is in the TOP-10 of abroad destinations for Chinese tourists for the first half of the year with the 7-th place. In total, Chinese tourists made more than 71 million trips abroad, which is 15% higher than in 2017. According to the joint report of the Academy of Tourism of PRC and the Chinese…
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How to get Invitation Letter for Business Visa

21.09.2018

How to get Invitation Letter for Business Visa
Most foreign people are required to obtain Russian visa in order to travel to the Russian Federation. Those people who want to stay in Russia for more than 30 days or plan several short visits on business purposes need to apply for business visa (also called commercial visa). 
 
Business…
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How to get visa to Russia?

27.08.2018

How to get visa to Russia?
The citizens of most foreign countries need a visa to enter the Russian Federation. So today we will talk about the visa regime in Russia, visa categories and the documents which must be prepared to receive it.
 
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Documents to get visa to Russia

27.08.2018

Documents to get visa to Russia

To obtain a visa you must apply to the consular office of the Russian Federation on the territory of the country of residence and submit the following documents:

1. A valid foreign (diplomatic, official, ordinary) passport.

The passport must not be in doubt as to the authenticity…

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27.08.2018

French tour operators reported about growing interest of tourists to Russia after the World Cup 2018
“The demand for trips to Russia from French tourists grew by one third after the World Cup and victory of the national team”, - according to the magazine Tourhebdo. "After the victory of French team French tour operators note the increase of demand for tours to Russia. So, the company Amslav reported…
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22.08.2018

Tourists from China, South Korea and Israel are the leaders of incoming flow in Russia
“China, South Korea and Israel became the leaders among foreign countries by the number of tourists in Russia for the first quarter of 2018”, - according to the data published by the Border Service of the Russian Federal Security Service. For the first three months 125.9 thousand tourists came from…
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15.08.2018

The share of foreign tourists is a third on river cruises in Russia
“The share of foreign tourists is a third on river cruises in Russia. From the beginning of navigation the vessels transported about 110 thousand people”, - the Moscow Canal's press service reported. “In comparison with 2017 the tourist flow increased by 15%", - said the Head of the Moscow Canal…
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07.08.2018

More than 2 million tourists visited the Crimea from the beginning of the year
“More than 2 million tourists visited the Crimea since the beginning of 2018, the tourist flow to the peninsula is more than a third higher than the figures for the same period in 2017”, - said the Head of the region Sergey Aksenov. "The tourist flow to Crimea grew by more than a third against the…
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07.08.2018

Petersburg is recognized as the best cruise destination in Europe
“St. Petersburg has become the winner of the prestigious World Travel Awards in the nominations "Best European Cruise Destination" and "Best Cultural and Tourist Destination in Europe", - the press service of the City Committee for Tourism Development reported. In the first category St. Petersburg competed…
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18.05.2018

Chinese tourists have made about 100 thousand trips to Russia since the beginning of the year by visa-free exchange program
“Chinese tourists have made about 100 thousand trips to Russia within visa-free exchange program since the beginning of 2018, which is 67% more than in the first quarter of the last year”, - reported the press service of the Tourism Association "A world without borders". According to the association,…
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26.04.2018

The number of Chinese tourists in Moscow and St. Petersburg for the first quarter has doubled
“Nearly 70,000 Chinese tourists visited Moscow and St. Petersburg on a visa-free program for the first quarter of 2018, which is twice as much as in the same period a year earlier. In 2017 33,000 tourists from PRC arrived in Russia as guests of the two Russian capitals”, - reported Interfax-Tourism portal.…
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13.04.2018

Resorts of southern Russia reduce prices for summer holidays
In 2018 the accommodation facilities of the Crimea, Krasnodar Territory, as well as Abkhazia did not raise prices. On the contrary, some hotels reduced the cost of accommodation up to 20%. This affected the average cost of tours, but the forecasts for an organized tourist flow for this season are not…
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15.03.2018

The British named Moscow among the TOP 5 cities for tourism
Moscow entered in the TOP 5 of the best cities for tourism according to the British travel magazine Wanderlus, dividing the fifth place with Dubrovnik. More than 2 thousand British citizens took part in the interrogation. The first place is for Japanese city of Kyoto, on the second line - Venice. Spanish…
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14.02.2018

Rosturism published updated list of hotels increasing prices during the World Football Championship FIFA 2018
The Federal Agency of Tourism has compiled an updated list of hotels that increased the prices during FIFA 2018 World Cup. The document was made up on the basis of monitoring of implementation of the requirements of the Russian Federation Government Decree No. 89 dated 10.02.2016 "On state regulation…
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17.01.2018

Every seventh tourist in St. Petersburg is from China
“In 2017, St. Petersburg hosted nearly one million Chinese tourists. And this is not the limit”, -believe in the city government. According to preliminary data of 2017 with January holidays, St. Petersburg will be visited by more than 7.5 million tourists and every second of them will be a foreigner.…
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17.01.2018

More than 21 million tourists visited Moscow in 2017
“The Russian capital in 2017 was visited by more than 21 million guests. And in the coming years the revenues from tourism will grow”, - said Deputy Mayor of Moscow on economic policy Natalia Sergunina. According to the mayor's office, in recent years Moscow has strengthened its position in the ratings…
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The preferences of Russian cruise tourists have changed over the past three years
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The preferences of Russian cruise tourists have changed over the past three years

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Karnataka Tourism greeted travel professionals in St. Petersburg
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28 March 2025

Health & Wellness tourism: myths and reality
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25 March 2025

Next destination is Georgia
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Next destination is Georgia

12 April 2025