According to the ETC study, due to the events around Ukraine and anti-Russian sanctions, the desire of Russians to travel to Europe has reached the lowest level in the history of observations (78 points).

Travel planning service OneTwoTrip found out where Russians would like to go on vacation in July. To do this, the company analyzed the data of air tickets search services with a departure in the middle of summer. Turkey is the most popular destination.

The largest increase among the top 50 popular destinations in spring 2022 was recorded for flights to Vietnam - more than 20 times. Next are India and Israel.

For the majority of Russian tourists, vacations abroad remain as a dream - only 8% tourists will go abroad of the 47% who have planned vacation in the summer.

In the TOP-5 countries in which Russians bought the largest number of tour packages with departures in June, Turkey occupies the first place.

Russian tourists named the countries where they would like to go most of all in the absence of restrictions. The top three are Italy, Turkey and France.

As per the results of the first quarter of 2022, all main source markets significantly increased their tourist flow to Russia compared to the period January-March 2021.

The results of the first quarter of 2022 showed a trend towards the restoration of incoming tourism to Russia. As the “covid” restrictions were lifted this year, traditional source markets for the Russian tourism industry began to return to Russia.

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

The Border Service of the FSB of Russia published statistics, according to which in the first quarter of 2022, Russians made 3,88 million trips abroad with all purposes.

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.

From April 20, IrAero Airlines will start operating special charter flights between Vladivostok and Seoul (IO-881). According to the schedule on the carrier's website, four flights are scheduled for April.

More than 90% of organized Russian tourists (about 83 thousand people) have already been returned by tour operators and airlines from abroad. There are still about 6,5 thousand vacationers outside of Russia, most of whom stayed in Egypt.

Last year, Russian citizens made more than 10,1 million trips abroad for tourism purposes. In 2021 Russians had access to trips to 32 foreign countries, the outbound flow to which from Russia was allowed.

Against the backdrop of an unprecedented geopolitical crisis, which resulted in a depreciation of the ruble, an increase in prices for tours abroad, as well as a halt of air traffic to most foreign destinations, Russians began to buy tours abroad much less.

According to the aggregated data of tour operators, which were studied by the ATOR Analytical Service, the volume of bookings of package tours abroad decreased by 3,5 times.

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 180 622 cases of COVID-19 and 790 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 14 840 502 and 343 173 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

A third of Russians (31%) believe that it is easiest to get infected with coronavirus at an airport or train station, and a quarter is most afraid of planes and trains, follows from a survey by the Ozon Travel service.

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 125 836 cases of COVID-19 and 663 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 11 983 913 and 332 012 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

The Venezuelan side is actively working together with Russian tour operators to expand the geography of routes. The main tasks are the launching of convenient connecting flights and the creation the resorts’ area.

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 27 129 cases of COVID-19 and 723 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 10 774 304 and 320 634 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

The fall of inbound tourism this year, according to preliminary data, will be 90 percent compared to 2019. Before the pandemic, foreign tourists spent about $ 11,5 billion (839,5 billion rubles) in Russia,

In the past 24 hours, Russia has confirmed 18 233 cases of COVID-19 and 811 deaths due to a disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The total case count going up to 10 537 966 and 310 518 deaths, the anti-coronavirus crisis center informed.

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) told about the prices for organized tours abroad during the New Year holidays. Among the leaders in terms of cost growth are Hungary, Mexico, Turkey, the Dominican Republic and Egypt.