Middle East - Russian Travel Digest

10.10.2018

Oman is waiting for twice as many tourists from Russia

During the first five months of this year 6,000 Russians visited Oman. This is almost 2 thousand more than for the entire 2017 - when the country was visited by 4,200 of Russian travelers. By the end of the year the Sultanate expects to increase the tourist flow by 2 times. Such statistics were published…

08.10.2018

In the winter season Qatar will be one of the alternatives for the UAE in the Middle East

“In the winter season Qatar can become an alternative for the United Arab Emirates which are popular among Russian tourists. Since September 17, Intourist tour operator is offering Russian passengers package tours to Doha by regular flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg”, - reported press - service…

25.09.2018

Tour operators increase transportation to UAE

On September 4, tour operators announced about the expansion of flight programs to UAE for upcoming winter season. So, ANEX Tour will perform charter flights to Dubai from 20 cities of Russia (including Moscow) instead of 16. The company also intends to increase the frequency of flights from the capital…

24.09.2018

The Russian tourist flow to Dubai breaks records

“For the first half of 2018 the Emirate hosted 405 thousand Russians, which is 74% higher than for the same period of the last year” - said Issam Kazim, The General manager of Dubai Tourism and Commercial Marketing Corporation during a press conference in Moscow. The top manager noted that for the first…

20.09.2018

Coral Travel will launch charters to Bahrain in winter season

Coral Travel tour operator will launch a charter program to Bahrain from the end of October. Olga Zakharova, the Leading Specialist of the Coral Travel department recalled that the flight program from Moscow to Bahrain (the airport of arrival is Manama) will be performed by Ural Airlines. The flights…

17.09.2018

Tour operators predict an increase of tourist traffic to UAE in the winter season

According to the Department of Tourism and Commercial Marketing of the Government of Dubai (DTCM), in the first six months of this year 405,000 Russian tourists visited Dubai, which is 74% more than in the same period of the last year. This is the most significant growth among incoming markets in Dubai.…

17.09.2018

Intourist has opened sales of tours to Qatar

The tour operator offers both package tours on the basis of daily scheduled flights from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Doha. The first flights started on September 15. As the Executive Director of Intourist tour operator Sergey Tolchin said, the decision to enter the Qatari direction is caused by the…

15.08.2018

Emirates will launch the third flight to Domodedovo

Emirates Airline has announced the launch of the third daily flight from Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) to Dubai since October 25, 2018. Emirates has been flying to Russia since July 1, 2003 and already carries out two daily flights from Domodedovo by Airbus A380 and Boeing 777-300ER, as well as daily…

17.07.2018

Emirates will launch the third daily flight to Moscow from the end of October

“Emirates airline will launch the third daily flight from Dubai to Moscow on October 25, 2018”, - reported the carrier's press service. The flight will be performed by Boeing 777-300ER with a three-class configuration (8 seats in the first class, 42 in business class and 310 in economy class). The flight…

11.07.2018

Pobeda Airlines plans to fly to the UAE

Low-cost Pobeda airline requested permission for daily scheduled flights on the route Moscow - Sharjah. This follows from the materials of the interagency commission on admissions. As Director General of Space Travel Arthur Muradyan believes, if the carrier's application is satisfied, the tour operators…

04.07.2018

Israel: the results of tourists flow from Russia for January-April

“The Russian tourist flow to Israel for January-April 2018 amounted 116.2 thousand people, which is 6% more than in the same period of the last year”, - said the Head of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism in Russia and CIS Ksenia Kobyakova. "The tourist flow from Russia shows stable growth: from January…

03.07.2018

Israel will stimulate the Russian tourist flow to Eilat in the upcoming winter season

According to the results of the first four months of 2018, the number of Russian tourists in Israel reached 116 200 people, which is 6% more than in the same period of the last year. Israel expects the continued growth of tourist traffic from Russia in upcoming winter season, especially in Eilat. According…

21.06.2018

The Russian tourist flow to Dubai doubled in the first quarter of 2018

“The Russian tourist flow to Dubai continues to grow, in the first quarter of 2018 it increased by 106% - up to 260 thousand arrivals”, - reports the Department of Tourism and Commercial Marketing of the Emirates (DTMC). In total, Dubai hosted 4.7 million foreign tourists in the first quarter, 2% more…

09.06.2018

Oman Air will start flights from Muscat to Moscow on October 28

“Oman Air will launch daily direct flights from Muscat - the capital of Oman - to Moscow's Domodedovo airport since October 28”, - the carrier said. Departure from Muscat is at 14:55, arrival time to Moscow is at 19:55. The return flight’s departure - 0:20, arrival time to Muscat at 6:55. On the rout…

05.06.2018

Russians set a record for trips to Dubai

In the first quarter of 2018 the flow of tourists from Russia to Dubai is 106% more than last year. Now Russia is on the fourth line in the list of incoming countries to this emirate. Such statistics was provided by the Department of Tourism and Tourism Marketing of Dubai. Russian tour operators confirm…

29.05.2018

Large tour operator is bent on its own flights to Oman

Nordwind airline received permits for flights from Moscow to Oman. The corresponding order is published on the website of the Federal Air Transport Agency on May 28. The carrier is going to fly to Salalu - the second largest city of the Sultanate - with a frequency of two times a week. The flights are…

23.05.2018

The growth of Russian tourism in Israel

“The tourist flow from Russia to Israel increased by 40% last year in comparison with 2016, the country was visited by more than 397 thousand Russians”, - reported the press service of the Ministry of Tourism of Israel. "Russia is still on the second position in the list of TOP 3 of incoming markets…

08.05.2018

Israel: the results for March

“Almost 33.5 thousand Russian tourists visited Israel in March 2018, which is 8% more than in March of the last year”, - said the country's Ministry of Tourism. According to the ministry, from January to March this year the country was visited by 76,300 Russians. That is an increase of 3% in comparison…

26.04.2018

Israel increases the amount of subsidies for charters to Eilat

“The program of subsidizing charter flights from Russia to Eilat (Uvda Airport, Israel) has been extended for 2018-2019. The amount of compensation also increased by 25%”, - reported the Ministry of Tourism of Israel. "Within a framework of the subsidized flights program the Ministry of Tourism of Israel…

12.04.2018

Almost a million Russian tourists visited the UAE in 2017

“About 995 thousand Russian tourists visited the UAE in 2017, which is 108% more than a year ago”, - said the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Russia Maaded Khareb al-Hayly. "The number of visitors from Russia has more than doubled primarily due to the simplification of the visa regime. As a…