Tour operators report that Bahrain previously was not in high demand among Russian tourists. For the May holidays of 2022, the destination is among the most popular resorts for organized tourism.

Another major tour operator announced the launch of its own flight program to Turkey. On April 28, Intourist's own flight program starts from Mineralnye Vody to Antalya. The flight program will be implemented in cooperation with Azimut Airlines on Russian SSJ-100 aircraft.

Anex Tour has confirmed the flight program of Turkish Airlines from 4 Russian cities. The start of the flight program from Moscow is scheduled for April 29, 2022, like the other two players of the “big Turkish three”.

Package tours to Tunisia have already appeared in the sale of Russian tour operators.

According to the Embassy of Cuba in Moscow, more than 146 000 Russians visited Cuba in 2021. Compared to 2020, the tourist flow from Russia has almost doubled.

The tour operator Coral Travel and Rixos hotel chain are launching a joint program that could become the beginning of a new trend on the Russian travel market.

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

Tour operator Coral Travel has expanded its flight program to Cuba. Since December 1, another Royal Flight frequency has been added to Varadero, and now the flights are operated three times a week.

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.

From the end of October, the tour operator Coral Travel will increase the number of flights to the Dominican Republic from Moscow, as well as add departures from five Russian cities to them.

The first direct flight from Moscow to Hurghada by the order of the tour operator will take place on September 15, and to Sharm el-Sheikh - on September 17. In addition to Moscow, direct flights will fly from three major regional centers.

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.

On March 9, Coral Travel held the Spring-Summer 2021 workshop at the Hyatt Regency Petrovsky Park hotel in Moscow. It was the first large-scale event of the company since the beginning of the pandemic. Everybody was eager to communicate not on-line, but face to face.

Coral Travel charter program to Zanzibar from Yekaterinburg started on February 2. Flights are operated by Royal Flight once every 10 days by Boeing 767-300.

The first charter flight of Royal Flight after the resumption of air traffic has landed on Zanzibar Island in Tanzania.

Rosaviatsia has returned to Ufa airport the opportunity to serve international flights. Nowadays, the route network to foreign countries from Ufa is still limited by Turkey. Also, direct flights from Ufa to Zanzibar are planned to be performed since November.

Leading federal tour operators continue to expand their flight programs as the number of cities has been restored for abroad flights.

More than 270 hotels on the Antalya coast of Turkey are already ready to host Russian tourists, the list is constantly expanding.

The leading Russian tour operators have formed flight programs to Turkey on the basis of regular and charter flights.

Tour operators shared their plans on flight programs to Cyprus for August and September.

Two leading tour operators, Coral Travel and Sunmar, have fulfilled the recommendation of the Federal Tourism Agency and stopped the tours with departure dates from March 23 to April 20.

The demand for Italian ski resorts this year met all the expectations of tour operators. In December, more than 60% of tour packages planned for the winter season was sold. The popularity of the destination among Russian tourists-skiers has grown by 25-30%.

In 2019, there was a slight increase in the volume of Russian tourist flow in Mauritius. Starting 2020, tour operators began to receive special offers from Mauritius hotels with discounts of 20-35%.

The current winter season in Goa, according to experts, is similar to the season in 2019. However, the demand for destination this winter season is growing mainly due to regional tourists - tour operators offer a very budget tours.

Most hotels in Bulgaria have kept prices for the Russian market at the level of last year. The leading market players with varying degrees of optimism evaluate the first results of early booking tours to Bulgaria.