Cyprus has announced the long-awaited opening of its borders for Russians. Citizens of the Russian Federation will be able to enter Cyprus without quarantine from April 1, 2021.

The Cypriot authorities have postponed the opening of the country for Russian tourists until April 1.

On March 1 Cyprus will resume issuing tourist visas for citizens of the Russian Federation. It will be possible to issue visas online.

Cyprus will open its borders to Russian tourists on March 1. They will not need to undergo quarantine if the test for coronavirus upon arrival turns out to be negative.

The tour operator Biblio-Globus decided to bring its subsidiary Biblio Travel to the UK tourism market and will allocate 46 million Euros for its development.

Cyprus has approved a revised plan on the gradual opening of the country to foreign tourists. It is assumed that tourists from Russia will be able to return to Cyprus in March 2021.

In the next few months, the airline will resume flights from Moscow to Larnaca, which were suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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.