Russian tourists are increasingly booking sea voyages abroad. They are not afraid of difficulties with visas, flights and not always convenient payment methods.

March 21 Karnataka Tourism presented its tourism potential to more than 50 travel agencies from St. Petersburg.

From January to September, Russian tourists made more than 60 thousand trips to India. The figure of 60 thousand trips beat the results of the entire 2022, when Russians made 50 thousand trips to India. In its turn, Indian citizens made 24 thousand trips to Russia this year.

The tourist flow to St. Petersburg by the end of 2023 could amount to 9,4 million people, of which 574 thousand are foreigners. Thus, the increase in the share of foreign tourists will be 68% compared to 2022. Among non-CIS countries in terms of the number of trips to St. Petersburg, the TOP-5 includes China, Iran, Turkey, India and the UAE.

The tour operator Anex-Tour has announced the launch of new package tours to the beach resort of Goa, where the flight program will be operated from two Russian cities on direct regular flights. The first flights are already in October.

Additional permits for flights to the most of the "winter" resorts were requested by Russian carriers.The main destinations are Thailand, as well as the Indian resort of Goa and other warm countries.

The tour operator Anex Tour expands the geography of charter programs to the Indian state of Goa. Direct flights from Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Kazan were supplemented by flights from Omsk and Perm.

Space Travel has started selling package tours to the best luxury beach hotels in Goa on the Indian Ocean.

The tour operator Anex Tour has announced its own flight program to the Indian resort state of Goa on the wings of Azur air. Flights will be operated from three cities - Moscow, Kazan and Yekaterinburg from mid-November until April 2, 2023.

The tour operator Fun&Sun now offers tours to the popular Indian resort of Goa. The offer is based on Aeroflot regular flights. Start of the flights is in early November.

Tourists with e-tourist visas will be able to enter India through designated sea and air checkpoints.

In the absence of a Russian carrier, Air India is ready to fly to Moscow daily, as it was before March 2020. In addition, the Indian airline is also considering launching flights from Mumbai to Moscow.

Russia resumed flights with Bali from March 14

Russian charter tour operators have sent an application for landing at Goa Dabolim international airport on the eve of the New Year celebrations. The first flight was announced since December, 30.

In the next ten days, the Indian government must take a decision on the returning of foreign tourists to the country. At the moment, the leaders of the Indian Ministry of the Interior are discussing with all interested parties the proposed date and conditions for opening the country to foreign tourists.

Air India resumed regular flights to Moscow on the Delhi - Moscow - Delhi route.

Russia will resume flights to Vietnam, India, Finland and Qatar on January 27, 2021, with several flights per week.

The Russian tour operator Tui, as well as the Royal Flight airline, has applied to the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Indian Airports Authority for permission to resume charter flights to the Indian resort of Goa from October 26.

The Indian state of Goa began to remove restrictions on the tourist business. The first boards with Russian tourists can land in Goa in mid-October.

India canceled tourist visas already issued. The restriction is valid until April 15, 2020. Tour operators cancel arrivals in India.

In India the chartered season will come to an early end with the recently imposed ban on visas due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Indian and Russian air carriers are introducing new services from Mumbai and Delhi to Moscow. Around 450 000 people flew between India and Russia in twelve months ending December 2019, a growth of around ten percent over the previous year.

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.

Ural Airlines has opened the sale of tickets for a new direct flight Moscow (Domodedovo) to Mumbai (India). The flight will be operated from March 30, 2020 four times a week.