The Russian Far East Kamchatka Peninsula prepares new tourist programs and routes to attract visitors not only during the summer season but also in autumn.

Russia confirmed 5 642 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 52 763. Four hundred and fifty-six people have been killed by the virus.

Crimea banned all hotels and guest houses from hosting tourists without negative Covid-19 test results until June 1.

The Moscow mayor’s office seeks to keep an eye not just on its native citizens, but also foreign tourists, with new plans in the works for tracking the movement of foreign tourists.

As the new coronavirus that has killed more than 160,000 people worldwide continues to spread, Russia has stepped up its measures to slow the pandemic's spread within its borders.

Domestic tourism in Russia may resume in July, but the country’s resorts will have to reduce prices by 20-40% in order to attract visitors after the pandemic.

ATOR Executive Director spoke about forecasts for the restoration of organized tourist flow after the stabilization of the pandemic situation and the necessary measures of state support for the industry.

This week, retail received messages from Russian tour operators with announcements of early booking for the autumn-winter period of 2021.

As the new coronavirus that has killed more than 145 000 people worldwide continues to spread, Russia has stepped up its measures to slow the pandemic's spread within its borders.

One hundred and ninety-eight people have been killed by the virus so far in Russia. Russia confirmed 3 388 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday.

The Russian government has allocated up to 3,5 billion rubles ($47,3 million) from the country’s reserve fund to reimburse tour operators for their losses due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Russia confirmed 3 388 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 24 490 and marking the latest one-day record in new cases.

Russia has stepped up its measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and prevent its spread within the country.

Some EU countries are preparing in April to resume accepting applications for Schengen visa. In April, visa centers of Greece, the UK, Italy and the Netherlands are preparing to resume working.

Only one tour operator left the market in Russia amid collapse in the tourism industry due to coronavirus.

President Putin extended in Russia the non-working days and self-isolation rules till April 30.

Russia has stepped up its measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and prevent its spread within the country.

The Belarusian Railway has temporarily canceled train connections to Moscow and St. Petersburg from April 5 due to the closure of the Russian border due to the situation with the coronavirus.

To date, the vast majority of Russian tourists who were abroad through tour operators have returned to the territory of the Russian Federation. Over the past two weeks, about 160 000 organized tourists from 43 countries of the world returned to the country.

Passenger traffic in Russian airports decreased by 75% in March compared to the same month last year.

Two leading tour operators, Coral Travel and Sunmar, have fulfilled the recommendation of the Federal Tourism Agency and stopped the tours with departure dates from March 23 to April 20.

The Russian government is mulling a complete ban on domestic travel, both by air and rail, in the face of the COVID-19 threat.

Current situation in Russia

The low-cost division of Russia’s Aeroflot Group, Pobeda Airlines has completely suspended its operations from April 1 to May 31.

The total spending of Russians for foreign travels in the summer of 2019 amounted to 1,501 billion Euros and in the New Year period (from December 15, 2019 to January 15, 2020) – 640 million Euros.