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.

At the end of 11 months of 2021, Russia is a leader of foreign tourist flow to Turkey. In January-November, 4 555 047 tourist visits of Russian citizens were registered in Turkey (the share of the total tourist flow is 20%).

In 2022, the volume of Russian tourist flow to Turkey will reach pre-covid indicators and amount to about 10 million tourists.

In total, from January to September, Russians made 4,6 million trips abroad for tourism purposes. This is 50% more than a year earlier (3 million). But three times less than in the same period of the pre-pandemic 2019 (14,2 million).

About a million Russians visited the Republic in October this year. The share of Russian tourists amounted to 20,7% of the total foreign tourist flow.

In 2022, Turkey can receive up to 8 million Russian tourists, exceeding its pre - covid level and setting an absolute record in the entire history of tourism in this country.

In the winter season 2021/2022, Coral Travel will carry out charter flights from most regions until December, and from some cities (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Samara, Ufa, Yekaterinburg and several others) – all the winter season.

Representatives of the tour operators said that, after President Vladimir Putin announced a non-working week in November, sales of tours to Turkey and Egypt have grown by 30 - 35%.

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.

In the first half of 2021, the most popular destinations among Russian travelers were Turkey, Cyprus and Greece.

In September, demand for international trips was 25–40% greater than in the same time the previous year, sales growth depend on the destination.

For the period from 01.01- 19.09.2021, 2 275 929 passengers arrived from the Russian Federation in Antalya on 9 509 flights. The share of Russia in the foreign tourist flow in Antalya is 37,41%.

From September 1, Russians are able to go to the Black Sea coast of Turkey (Karadeniz), which is practically unknown to Russian tourists.

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.

Coral Travel added several more cities to its flight program to Antalya from the regions, as well as a new arrival airport in Turkey for flights from Moscow.

The Consulate General of the Russian Federation called on the Russians in the fire-hazardous regions of Turkey to be extremely careful and ready for possible evacuation.

The Turkish health and tourism authorities are not planning any restrictions or tightening measures for tourists from Russia.

Prices for tours to Turkey over the past week began to steadily decline.

Russian tourists continue to buy tours to Turkey: the demand has grown by 50% compared to last year.

For the first five months of the year, Russia remained the leader in terms of tourist flow to Turkey. Despite the restriction of air traffic since April 15, 571,4 thousand Russians have visited the country.

Flights to Turkey have been resumed from the St. Petersburg Pulkovo International Airport. Several airlines have announced their flight programs. There are direct flights to Antalya every day.

According to Aeroflot, one flight per day will fly to Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman, two to Istanbul.

Russia may resume flights with Turkey from the beginning of July.

About 60% of tourists have postponed their trips to Turkey at a later date and are waiting for the resumption of flights.

There is hope that Turkey will open on June 21.