Tour operator Anex Tour, following Pegas Touristik, announced the start of sales of tours to Cuba with direct flights on Nordwind Airlines. Direct flights to Varadero and Cayo Coco will start on October 1 and 2, respectively.

Pegas Touristik announced the launch of flight programs to Cuba. In the winter season, flights from Moscow will be operated to the resorts of Varadero and Cayo Coco.

Nowadays, tours to the Caribbean are being sold, for example, by Anex Tour (Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic), Coral Travel (Mexico, Dominican Republic), Tez Tour (Venezuela), Kmp Group (Mexico and Dominican Republic).

Russian tourists still have a choice. They can go on vacation to Turkey, Egypt, the Caribbean, North Africa, Southeast Asia, as well as Belarus, Armenia and Abkhazia.

The closure of the airspace of the United States will jeopardize the evacuation of Russian tourists from the Caribbean, according to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia.

Egypt became the leader of the winter season 2021-2022 among organized tourists. At the same time, Russian resorts were in the second place, displacing Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

According to the Embassy of Cuba in Moscow, more than 146 000 Russians visited Cuba in 2021. Compared to 2020, the tourist flow from Russia has almost doubled.

Organized Russian tourists received a nice bonus in Cuba. Now, upon arrival on Liberty Island, tour operators' clients will not need PCR tests and vaccination certificates - the so-called QR codes.

By December 2021 more than 131 thousand Russian tourists had visited Cuba. In the second place in terms of tourist flow are tourists from Canada.

Nordwind Airlines will launch regular flights from Moscow to Havana on January 15, 2022. Tours to Varadero with a flight on Nordwind flights to Havana are an absolute novelty. The flights will be operated on Saturdays.

As the Cuban Embassy in Moscow reported, the sanitary protocols for the arrival of Russian citizens have not changed.

In 2021, 175 thousand Russian tourists will visit Cuba. Now Russia is the No. 2 source market after Canada.

Tour operator Coral Travel has expanded its flight program to Cuba. Since December 1, another Royal Flight frequency has been added to Varadero, and now the flights are operated three times a week.

As of the beginning of November, 125 thousand Russians have already visited Cuba. This is 30% more than in the entire 2020.

In sales of the November holidays’ tours Egypt was in the first place. Turkey was in the second place. The third place was taken by the UAE. Also, the Dominican Republic, Maldives, Cuba, Mexico, Hungary and Cyprus are in high demand.

The Cuban authorities have announced a relaxation of the entry rules for foreign tourists from November 15. It is planned to cancel double PCR testing for coronavirus.

Cuba has changed the rules of entry and accommodation for tourists from Russia. Testing at airports has been canceled from September 15, and from November 15, vaccinated Russians will be able to enter Cuba without tests done before departure.

Tours for the autumn season, 2021, according to the observations of the tourist experts, are quite in demand. In general, the TOP-10 most popular foreign destinations for the autumn season this year, as per the data of tour operators, includes Turkey, UAE, Maldives, Greece, Cuba, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Abkhazia and Croatia.

148 Russian tourists, who were isolated in Cuba due to suspected coronavirus, were released after receiving negative results from rapid tests for COVID-19.

The range of countries where a tourist can go from April to June is significantly limited and there are few alternatives in terms of price / service ratio as in Turkey.

Flights and tourist traffic from Russia amidst pandemic (weekly update)

The main Cuban resort is returning to the Russian market. The headquarters for the prevention of the import and spread of a new coronavirus infection in Russia decided to increase the number of regular flights with Cuba from April 1.

Tour operators Anex Tour and Pegas Touristik announced the extension of charter programs to the Cuban resort of Cayo Coco until autumn 2021. Also, the plans have been announced for charters to the Maldives.

From 2021, Cuba will allow Russian tourists to enter the country only after presenting a negative PCR test for coronavirus.

More than 2,7 million Russians traveled abroad in 2020, which is 77% less than a year earlier.