Middle East: the Evacuation of Russian Tourists is Completed

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 tickets on their own) chose to stay in the UAE for personal reasons. But the tour operators are not responsible for these travelers.

Due to the military conflict in the Middle East, the regional tourism industry is losing $600 million every day. This assessment, according to the Financial Times, was given by the World Trade Organization (WTO).

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