Compared to the first half of 2021, the tourist flow to Dubai from the Russian Federation increased by 47% and amounted to 309 thousand people. Russia entered the TOP-5 source markets and overtook the USA, France and Germany in terms of the number of tourists in Dubai.

Tour operator Anex Tour announced new flight programs to Dubai from Moscow and regions of the Russia for the summer and autumn seasons. The company took blocks of seats on flydubai flights from 8 regions of the Russian Federation.

Among foreign countries, Armenia, Tajikistan and Turkey were the most in demand in early May.

The demand for foreign holidays during the May holidays is still behind the pre-Covid 2019 period by about 10%. The most popular destination for Russian tourists during this period is Turkey.

More than 440 000 Russian tourists visited the Emirate of Dubai in 2021. Compared to 2020, the increase in the number of tourists from Russia was more than 50%.

Russian tourists who are going on vacation to the emirate of Dubai, from February 3, will have to receive a negative PCR test no earlier than 48 hours before departure. That is, the validity of the PCR test is reduced by a day.

In mid-January, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi excluded Russia from the "green" list of countries. For unvaccinated tourists.

The tour operator Anex Tour, together with its strategic partner – Azur air, is launching its own flight program in Abu Dhabi, expanding its offer for tours in the UAE.

From November 9, the Operational Headquarters removes all restrictions on regular and charter flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh. Also, restrictions on air traffic with Austria, Switzerland, Finland and the United Arab Emirates were lifted. New destinations opened, including Thailand and Tunisia.

For the nine months of 2021, Russians made 5,24 million trips to open and popular countries for the purpose of tourism. The volume of outbound tourist traffic is far behind the indicators of 2019.

Flight programs to popular resorts of the United Arab Emirates and their prices for the winter season were announced by the tour operator Anex Tour. According to the tour operator, the winter flight program based on Azur air flights will be significantly expanded.

In the first half of 2021, the Russian tourist flow to Dubai was 15% more than in the same period last year.

Despite the opening of the emirate of Abu Dhabi to tourists, this destination now practically is not in demand, according to tour operators. The reason is, among other things, in the harsh conditions of entry into the Emirate.

The low-cost airline Air Arabia has resumed direct flights on Sharjah - Moscow - Sharjah route from May 1, 2021.

Russia will resume flights to Vietnam, India, Finland and Qatar on January 27, 2021, with several flights per week.

Russian Utair announced the launch of flights from Grozny to Dubai: from December 27, once a week.

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

The first flight of Ural Airlines on Kazan - Dubai - Kazan route took place on 18.12.2020, and the return flight landed at the Gabdulla Tukai airport on 19.12.2020

Ural Airlines announced the launch of flights to Dubai from Moscow and the regions. The flight program will begin in December. New flights have the status of regular and can reduce prices for the route.

Aeroflot will increase its frequency of flights from two to seven times a week to Dubai (UAE) from November 20.

Pobeda Airlines resumes flights from Moscow to Dubai. The first flight is scheduled for November 28.

Russian tourists met the start of flights from Russia to the UAE and the Maldives with great demand. At the same time, mostly expensive 5* hotels are in trend. But in general, at the moment, prices in the Emirates are more than attractive.

On Friday Russian flagship air carrier Aeroflot resumed its flights to the United Arab Emirates, interrupted this spring amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The Russian government has allowed flights to Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and the Maldives, and tour operators are ready to include tour packages for these destinations in their range. Market participants expect high demand in all three countries.