Russia will remain in the unapproved the “Group C” and Russian tourists will still not be able to visit Cyprus from August 1.

Cypriot hoteliers insist the authorities to set a date of the resumption of flights from the UK and Russia, which are the main entry markets for the country.

The authorities of Cyprus have explained the conditions for opening the country for international tourism. Flights from Russia are not yet permitted.

The Russian Foreign Ministry published a review of the plans of various states to cancel the restrictions imposed due to the situation with the pandemic.

More and more countries are determined with the launch schedule of foreign tourism. Temporary dates for restarting international flights with Russia appeared for flights to Turkey, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus.

Tez Tour has opened the sale of tours on the company's website for the next year in such destinations as Turkey, Greece, Spain and Cyprus. In the near future, the tour operator plans to open sales of tours to Bulgaria and Italy.

According to Russian tour operators, if flights to Cyprus start in August, the demand for destinations in the second half of the season will be active.

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

In order to quickly restore tourist flow from Russia, European countries thought about easing the visa regime. The most active in this matter are the European countries, which GDP largely depends on the tourism sector.

Cyprus will not accept foreign tourists until April 30. However, it is likely that not all foreign markets will return to the island in May, which will benefit Russia.

In Cyprus, in addition to the traditional British market, the Russian and Israeli source markets occupied the leading positions.

ATOR has announced preliminary results of 2019 based on the statistics for the three quarters of this year.

Russian tour operators started early booking of tours to Cyprus for the summer season of 2020. Island hoteliers maintain their previous prices for the 2020 season without a significant increase.

The tour operator Tui Russia has analyzed the demand for the New Year holidays and compiled a rating of tourist destinations where Russians plan to travel with their children.

The share of Russia in total tourists flow in Cyprus amounted to 22,8%, in September the tourist flow increased by 2,9% on a year-on-year basis.

From 2020, Cyprus and Israel will promote joint travel packages for tourists in Russia, the U.S. and Germany, focusing on golf, gastronomy and wellness holidays.

"Two days of the first November weekend plus holiday date 04.11.19 will give Russians 3 days off. And the last days of October are school vacation in Russia. So, these factors together may be the good occasion for travelling. Ostrovok.ru has conducted the poll with the question about plans for these days among 1500 users of social media. "

In mid-October tour operators named the most popular destinations for the November holidays. At the peak of popularity are Turkey, the UAE, Cyprus, Italy, Israel, Jordan, Sri Lanka and Cuba.

In the autumn the demand for European destinations such as Greece, Italy and Bulgaria has grown. The demand for autumn holidays in 2019 increased by 26% compared to last year.

More and more Russian travelers are choosing high-level hotels for the autumn season. This is the conclusion made by the experts of Tez Tour after analysis of bookings on more than 30 destinations for dates from September to mid-October 2019. 

The Russian tourists occupy the second position in the number of European tourist flow to Cyprus. Traditional European markets "turn away" from Cyprus. This assessment was voiced by the edition In Cyprus. In general, the number of arriving tourists decreased by 0.9% between January and June 2019. The main decline was shown by German market. 

Cyprus is traditionally one of the most return destinations. According to market participants, the share of return tourists, depending on the date of arrival, is from 20 to 30%, as in the previous year. According to Oksana Volkanova, the development director of ICS Travel Group tour operator, basically such an audience returns to 5* hotels, actively booking favorite accommodation facilities at the very beginning of the early booking.