The tour operator Russian Express has expanded its range of offers to the UAE by creating tours based on guaranteed block of seats of Etihad.

The tour operator Russian Express put up for sale tours to Phuket (Thailand), which are arranged on the basis of guaranteed blocks of seats on the flights of the company's strategic partner, the national carrier of Abu Dhabi - Etihad.

The first ski tours to Bulgaria appeared on the sale of tour operators. Thus, tour operators Intourist, Anex Tour, Tez Tour, Ics Travel Group, Russian Express and Tui Russia offer a winter product on Aeroflot and Bulgaria Air flights from Moscow to Sofia.

This season, the tour operator Russian Express has strengthened its partnership with flydubai. In addition to the guaranteed block of seats from several Russian cities to Dubai, the tour operator also took a block of seats for the Dubai-Male segment and offers package tours to the Maldives with a connection in Dubai on the basis of flydubai flights from 8 Russian regions.

The tour operator Russian Express has arranged budget tour packages based on flights of the low-cost airline flydubai from Moscow, Samara, Kazan and Yekaterinburg.

Tour operators have started selling tours to Serbia, where Russia has resumed flights from October 17. The range of products includes excursion, medical and gastronomic tours. High demand is not expected, experts say, but it may be stable.

The Israeli Ministry of Tourism announced an increase in tourist flow from Russia to Israel by 11% in January 2020 compared to the same period the previous year. For a month, 22 thousand tourists from Russia visited the country.

Russian tourist flow to the Czech Republic in 2019 has increased. Against this positive background, tour operators are staging more programs with flights to Prague from the regions.

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%.

In December, the tour operator Russian Express has opened package tours to Bahrain. According to the Border Service of the Russian Federation, for the three quarters of 2019, 17 376 Russian citizens visited the country.

The tour operator Russian Express has opened the sale of package tours and ground services in Oman. The most popular resorts in Oman are Muscat and a little less – Salalah.

Tour operators have opened early sales of tours to Croatia and Montenegro. The early booking action for the destination will last until the end of March 2020.

Experts explain the increase in demand for Tenerife by a combination of a number of factors that this year stimulate an increase of interest. Among them are the year-round season and the availability of tour operators’ blocks of seats on regular flights.