The Turkish health and tourism authorities are not planning any restrictions or tightening measures for tourists from Russia.

Prices for tours to Turkey over the past week began to steadily decline.

Russian tourists continue to buy tours to Turkey: the demand has grown by 50% compared to last year.

For the first five months of the year, Russia remained the leader in terms of tourist flow to Turkey. Despite the restriction of air traffic since April 15, 571,4 thousand Russians have visited the country.

Flights to Turkey have been resumed from the St. Petersburg Pulkovo International Airport. Several airlines have announced their flight programs. There are direct flights to Antalya every day.

According to Aeroflot, one flight per day will fly to Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman, two to Istanbul.

Russia may resume flights with Turkey from the beginning of July.

About 60% of tourists have postponed their trips to Turkey at a later date and are waiting for the resumption of flights.

There is hope that Turkey will open on June 21.

Turkey is preparing to resume flights with Russia from June 1. Due to strict anti-epidemic measures, the increase in the incidence of COVID-19 is reduced.

The range of countries where a tourist can go from April to June is significantly limited and there are few alternatives in terms of price / service ratio as in Turkey.

Russia has suspended flights to Turkey and Tanzania from April 15 to June 1, according to Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova. The exception is made only to two flights per week on the Istanbul - Moscow route. For this period, tour operators are advised to suspend sales of tour packages to Turkey.

Flights and tourist traffic from Russia amidst pandemic (weekly update)

Anex tour expands its summer flight program to Turkey from Russian regions.

Anex Tour has accepted a flight program to Turkey from Moscow and the regions for the spring-summer 2021 season on flights of the strategic partner Azur air.

In 2020, Turkey recorded just over 2,1 million tourist arrivals from Russia. In 2020, the Russian Federation again became the number 1 of source tourist market for Turkey.

Russia, Abkhazia, Turkey and Tanzania have become the most popular destinations for organized tourists for the New Year holidays.

Tourist flow from Russia to Turkey for 11 months of 2020 decreased in annual terms by more than three times. Over 11 months of 2020, more than 2 million Russians have visited Turkey.

More than 2,7 million Russians traveled abroad in 2020, which is 77% less than a year earlier.

Intourist tour operator began to offer tours to Russians at the resorts of the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts of Turkey for the summer season of 2021.

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.

Azur air - will fly to Istanbul from Novosibirsk. The first direct flight to Turkey's largest metropolis will depart on October 29. Travel agents believe that the flights will be in demand in the regions neighboring Novosibirsk.

The results of a study, conducted by the analytical company Turizmdatabank on a rating of tour operators in Antalya, have been published.

Turkey from January to August was visited by 772,7 thousand Russians, more tourists came only from Germany. This figure is 84% less than in the same period a year earlier (4,8 million).