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.

Turkey is preparing to resume flights with Russia from June 1. Due to strict anti-epidemic measures, the increase in the incidence of COVID-19 is reduced.

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.

Russia has suspended flights to Turkey and Tanzania from April 15 to June 1, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. The exception is made only to two flights per week on the Istanbul - Moscow route. For this period, tour operators are advised to suspend sales of tour packages to Turkey.

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

Anex tour expands its summer flight program to Turkey from Russian regions.

Anex Tour has accepted a flight program to Turkey from Moscow and the regions for the spring-summer 2021 season on flights of the strategic partner Azur air.

In 2020, Turkey recorded just over 2,1 million tourist arrivals from Russia. In 2020, the Russian Federation again became the number 1 of source tourist market for Turkey.

Russia, Abkhazia, Turkey and Tanzania have become the most popular destinations for organized tourists for the New Year holidays.