Tourists began to actively book New Year's Turkey. As of mid-September 2022, sales figures for New Year's tours from a number of tour operators are already several times higher than the figures for the same period last year.

The tour operator Anex Tour expands the options of offerings to the resorts of Egypt in the autumn season. In order to optimize transportation, the company proposed a rather unusual project - a joint tour with a route to Egypt through Antalya, which includes a holiday program in Hurghada or Sharm el-Sheikh plus two nights of holidays in Turkey.

Turkey has released statistics on tourist arrivals for the first 7 months of 2022. Russia in July again became the second after Germany, although the dynamics of the recovery of the Russian market has improved.

Turkey and Egypt are the most popular autumn destinations in 2022. More than half of Russian tourists try to relax abroad. Moreover, they choose a five-star accommodation.

Tours to Antalya from the Russian regions are also available from tour operators Coral Travel and Anex Tour.

This season the tour operator Intourist has prepared a new offer - a vacation on the Aegean coast of Turkey with a cruise to the Greek islands on the Blue Sapphire liner.

Europe Sun and beach Turkish airline Southwind is preparing to transport tourists to Antalya from at least five cities of Russia.

Turkish airlines Southwind (a new airline created for the Russian market) and Corendon Airlines may open new flight programs from Ufa to Antalya.

The tour operators state that in terms of the number of tourists, they sent to Turkey in June 2022, the decrease from June of pre-pandemic 2019 is still very significant.

The Russian market is in the third place in May in terms of the number of arrivals in Istanbul. The city has become a year-round destination this year, there are no sales declines typical for summer, all hotels are filled up to 90%, and sometimes even up to 100%.

From July 3 the tour operator Coral Travel has added three more Pegasus Airlines flights from Moscow to Izmir to the two existing ones. Thus, from the beginning of July, the frequency of flights increased to 5 per week.

The tour operators Anex Tour and Intourist put up for sale interesting tours to Istanbul, which combine holiday in the city and at beach hotels on the coast of the Marmara and Black Seas. Departures are from 14 cities of Russia.

The statistics of tourist arrivals from Russia to Antalya in 2022 shows a very serious decrease from the pre-covid volumes. The “failure” this spring is 70-80% of the figures for 2019.

Russian charter airline Azur Air, affiliated with the tour operator Anex-Tour, continues to expand its network of flights to Turkey from Russian cities in the summer season. The carrier announced flights to Antalya and Dalaman from three more Russian cities.

The drop of the flow of tourists to Turkey and Antalya in particular is solely a consequence of the shortage of aircraft and the narrowing of the geography of departures due to the "air sanctions" of Western countries.

In the summer season, Russian tourists who want to relax at the beach resorts of Turkey are offered package tours with arriving at 4 airports: Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman and Izmir on direct flights from Russia.

Among foreign countries, Armenia, Tajikistan and Turkey were the most in demand in early May.

From May 13, Turkish Airlines began to operate direct flights from St. Petersburg to Bodrum. The flights are scheduled on Tuesdays and Fridays. From May 24, the airline will increase the number of flights on the St. Petersburg-Bodrum route to 4 times a week.

The reduction of air transportation abroad led to a decrease of the flow of tourists from Russia to Turkey in the first quarter. The main drop was in March - minus 52%.

Turkish Airlines has launched a program of charter tourist flights from Kazan to Antalya. Also, in the second half of May, flights from Kazan to Bodrum and Dalaman are planned to be launched.

According to data released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 114 384 Russian tourists arrived in Turkey in March 2022. This is 52% of March 2021 (219 458 tourists).

Fun&Sun intends to send about 110 thousand people to Turkish resorts in 2022, becoming one of the most active in the destination. The tour operator concludes direct contracts with leading hotel chains, and expands flight programs.

Tour operators resumed work with the Turkish destination, opening sales of tours arranged on the basis of Russian and Turkish airlines. Experts talk about the activation of demand among customers.

Two leading Russian tour operators Anex Tour and Intourist have confirmed the expansion of the Turkish Airlines flight program from the Russian regions.

On the eve of the May holidays, the tour operator Intourist will launch a flight program on Turkish Airlines to Antalya from three cities at once.