In 2018 599 thousand guests from Russia had a holiday in Tunisia, in 2019 their number was already 633 000 - an increase is of almost 6%. Against this background, tour operators have already informed about the expansion of flight programs.

Antalya continues to sum up the tourist results of the past year. Experts draw attention to the fact that the tourist destination in 2019 did not reach the target of 16 million tourists.

The charter chain of Azur Air airline to the Maldives this winter showed good results: both players who formed the tours on these charters reported on successful sales.

On January 21, representatives of tour operator companies told about changes in flight programs in Antalya for the summer of 2020. Most travel companies increase the volume of transportation and expand the geography of departures.

The tour operator Anex Tour announced the opening of sales of a new destination with direct charter transportation in Vietnam - Danang. Charter flights of Azur air will be operated from three cities of Russia.

The tour operator Intourist has expanded the flight program, as well as the geography of cities of departure to Turkish Dalaman. In 2020 the geography of the tour operator’s flights will be expanded to 10 cities.

Azur Air by order of Anex Tour will launch a new charter flight from Novosibirsk to Barcelona.

According to the local travel agents, a number of tour operators adjusted winter flight programs from St. Petersburg.

Last summer, Tunisia retained the title of one of the most popular beach destinations among Russian tourists. For several years, the resorts of the Republic have positioned themselves as year-round ones.

Tour operators have opened early sales of tours to Croatia and Montenegro. The early booking action for the destination will last until the end of March 2020.

Over the past few years the demand for Tunisia has tripled. By the way, at the moment, travelers visit the Republic not only in the summer season, but also in winter time.

This year, Pegas Touristik and Anex Tour were replaced on the destination by the tour operator Biblio-Globus. The tour operator’s own flight program on boards of Rossia Airlines was launched on October 27 and will last until the end of March.

The Russian tourist flow to Morocco continues to decline steadily. The Russian share in the total foreign tourist flow in Morocco is extremely small: less than 0,1%.

The first 9 months of this year were difficult for the Russian tourist flow to the Dominican Republic – Russian tourists came here a little less than last year. This year tour operators increased their volumes due to new regional departure points.

A large federal player entered the Japanese market due to the growing popularity of this country among Russian tourists.

Press service of the international airport Koltsovo in Ekaterinburg informed that 25.10.2019 the first flight to Dominicana took off. La – Romana is the arrival port in Dominicana for this program. Azur air company uses Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with total seats number — up to 531, with business class (7-42 seats). The flight will be fulfilled once a fortnight .

The minimum prices for holiday tours to India are comparable to the cost of air tickets to the destination. Experts see the reason of the situation in the specifics of India as a tourist destination.

This winter season Armenia promises to become one of the fastest growing destinations on the Russian market. Against the background of a rapid decline of the Russian tourist flow to Georgia, large tour operators significantly expand their assortment in Armenia, offering new resorts and types of holidays in this country.

Platov international airport in Rostov-on-Don expands the geography of the international flights. The press service of the airport informs that in the upcoming season Azur Air company plans to fulfiil the flights to Chinese island Hainan. The destination is Sanya resort.

The new flight program of Anex Tour to Dubai from Khabarovsk will start on December 27, 2019 and is scheduled before May 1, 2020 on the wings of Azur air with the frequency once every 9/10 days.

Krasnodar international airport press service reports that Azur Air (which is affiliated with Anex Tour) plans to start flight program to Hainan island to Sanya international airport on Boeing 767-300 since 27.10.19 till 22.03.2020. The air craft can take on board 336 passengers.

The geography of direct flights from Russian cities to the Dominican Republic for the winter season - 2019/2020 continues to expand. The new program of Azur Air from Kazan to La Romana was announced. The flights will be operated once every two weeks from November 1 to April 17.

The distinctive feature of winter 2019-2020 flight program to Dominican Republic is the appearance of the flights not only from the Russian capital, but also from several regional airports.

The flights to Cuba are planned by 5 main Russian tour operators. They have chosen 6 different airports of Cuba as arrival points for the tourists. This wide spectrum of proposals will be an attractive moment for them. Some programs are planned for the whole year round. The table below shows the details of all the programs published by tour operators till now.

The second major “charter player” has appeared on the Sri Lankan destination this winter season. The tour operator Tui Russia told details about its charter program for this island and hotel assortment in Sri Lanka.