As a result of the military conflict in the Middle East, Russians lost approximately a third of the transit routes that passed through the Persian Gulf countries.

In 2025, between 1.8 million and 2.1 million Russians could potentially use transit routes abroad. Of these, approximately 650,000–700,000…

In 2025, Russian tourist flow to Azerbaijan totaled 615,000 visits, an 18% decrease year-on-year.

2026 Azerbaijan has a chance of being even more successful, stated Azerbaijani Ambassador to the Russian Federation Rahman Mustafayev, pointing to the fact that in January 2026, tourist flow…

As of March 16, Association of tour operators of Russia announced that they evacuated from the UAE to Russia all the tourists the who had purchased package tours. 

In rare individual cases, tourists, usually with hotel only tours (those who booked only a hotel from a tour operator and bought…

According to experts from the Russian Union of Travel Industry (RUTI), there have been no mass cancellations of tours to the Middle East for distant dates yet, although tourists are wondering whether they are obliged to do so following the Russian Ministry of Economic Development's travel advisory.…

Russian tour operators have evacuated 90% of their tourists from the Persian Gulf countries by the end of March 10.
According to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) Analytical Service, by the late evening of March 10, approximately 90% of tour operator clients have been returned…

The situation in the Middle East remains tense, but the repatriation of tourists to Russia is in full swing. On March 2 and 3, nearly 3,000 Russians left the Persian Gulf countries.
On March 3, approximately 2,800 passengers were departed:
Moscow's Vnukovo Airport welcomed four Flydubai…

Due to the escalating conflict in the Middle East, several Gulf countries have completely closed their airspace or imposed temporary overflight restrictions.
Russian air companies, as well as companies from other countries in the region, are forced to adjust their routes.

As of March…

On December 13, 2025, the agreement between the governments of Russia and Jordan on the mutual abolition of visa requirements for citizens of the two countries, signed in Moscow on August 20, 2025, will enter into force.

According to the agreement, Russian citizens will be able to enter…

At the moment, the launch of direct flights from Moscow to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, has not given a noticeable boost to sales in the tourism sector at the moment, although direct flights…

The Russian Ministry of Transport expects that by the end of 2025, the volume of passenger air traffic between Russia and the United Arab Emirates will be a record. This was announced on August 7 by Transport Minister Andrei Nikitin. According to him, cooperation in the field of transport between…

Direct flights between Russia and Saudi Arabia will begin in October. Following talks with his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that direct flights will help increase tourism exchanges and business contacts between the two countries. The minister…

On June 13, Rosaviatsia banned Russian air carriers from flying to and from Israel and Iran until June 26 due to the sharp deterioration of the situation in the Middle East. At the same time, Iran and Israel closed their airspace to civilian aircraft. 

Rosaviatsia has now lifted the ban…

From June 16 to 22, sales of tours to the UAE fell by more than 30%, to Egypt - by 9%. The outflow of Russian travelers due to the aggravation of the situation in the Middle East was felt by other countries in the region and long-haul destinations, for trips to which the UAE served as a hub. The situation…

Almost all tourists from Russia who expressed their desire to leave Iran and Israel after the escalation of the conflict between the countries have already been evacuated or will be sent to Russia in the coming days. Information about this was published on the official website of the Russian Union…

The order on concluding an agreement on the abolition of the visa regime with Jordan on a reciprocal basis was signed on May 27 by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. According to the document, the new rules establish a visa-free regime for trips up to 30 days, while in total it will be possible…

From April 28 to May 1, the Arabian Travel Market international tourism exhibition was held in Dubai, which once again confirmed its status as the main event in the tourism industry. The exhibition broke the attendance record: 55,000 guests - 16% more than last year.

ATM 2025 clearly identified…

Russia and Oman will have a visa-free regime. This agreement was reached following the visit of the Sultan of Oman, Heytham bin Tarek Al Said, to Russia, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on April 22.

Now citizens of both countries will be able to enter, transit…

This was announced at the annual workshop of the tour operator Anex by the Turkish Ambassador to Russia, Mr. Tanju Bilgic. He also spoke about new perspective resorts in Turkey. 

«We have very positive forecasts for the season, based on successful early booking», - noted Mr. Bilgic.

According…

Almost 2 million Russian tourists visited the United Arab Emirates in 2024, in turn, more than 67 thousand tourists from the UAE visited Russia. This is stated in the message of the secretariat of the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov following a meeting with the…

Over 250 hotels will be closed after the tragedy at the Kartalkaya ski resort. The fire that occurred at the Grand Kartal Hotel on January 21 took lives of 78 people. 

The closure of Turkish hotels, not meeting the safety requirements, will not affect Russian tourists, who choose Turkey…