Instead of Turkey, Russian tourists can go to the UAE, Thailand and even the Maldives - prices for hotels there in summer are even cheaper than Turkish ones.

The announcement of a launch of a new flight program for tourists from Moscow to Istanbul was made by the tour operator Pegas. Program’s duration is from 05.06.2023 to 29.06.23.

The tour operator Anex Tour presented its full schedule of flights to Turkey for the upcoming summer season. Flights will depart from 19 cities of Russia.

Russian tourists are increasingly booking premium hotels in Turkey. The demand for more expensive tours has increased by 30-40% compared to last year.

In January-March 2023, 213 101 tourists from Russia visited the resorts of the Antalya province in Turkey. The tourist flow from Russia to Antalya in the first quarter increased by 56% compared to the pre-Covid period: in January-March 2019, 137 thousand Russians visited Antalya.

Some tourists are reoriented from Turkey to Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and even Tunisia. This is due to high prices. Not everyone is ready to pay $ 2 500 - $ 3 850 for 7 nights at those Turkish hotels that used to cost 1,5–2 times cheaper.

Egypt moved from the third position to the first since March 8, having increased its share by 6 points. The UAE lost a little - 2 points, Thailand lost 5 points. And Turkey, on the contrary, increased its share by 4 points.

The tour operator Tez Tour announced a program of flights to Antalya from Moscow and Novosibirsk. Departures will start on April 1 and will last until November 5. From the capital the flights will be daily. Southwind Airlines and Yamal Airlines are responsible for transportation.

New excursion tours to Turkey have been launched by Anex Tour tour operator. As before, the tours are offered on Tailwind Airlines from Moscow from 24.03.2023, as well as on regular flights from Moscow and other cities.

Anex revealed the details of a new program to Izmir for Russian tourists. The start of the program is scheduled for April 29 on the wings of Turkish Pegasus Airlines and will continue until the end of the summer season.

Aeroflot increases the frequency of flights on Moscow-Antalya route as season of vacations approach. The increase of transportation is largely for Biblio-Globus tourists.

Aeroflot has announced the launch of regular flights from Moscow to Izmir in the summer schedule. Flights will be operated from May 27 on Boeing-737 aircraft four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

The charter program of Anex Tour and Intourist on the route Moscow - Istanbul - Moscow will be arranged on the boards of Tailwind Airlines, which will fly from Moscow to Istanbul from March 24 to October 31, 2023.

The earthquake in Turkey led to a dramatic drop of sales, but demand for tours has quickly recovered. The depth of booking tours to Turkey has reached autumn.

At the end of February, Anex Tour launched its new travel programs to Antalya. The programs will be carried out from 16 Russian cities to Antalya by Southwind aircraft.

Turkey's sales in Russia have fallen to almost. The reasons for this situation are the increase of prices in rubles for tours to Turkey, the general uncertainty of the Russian market, as well as the increased role of Turkey's competitors.

Turkey expects an increase of the number of tourists from Russia. In 2022, more than 5 million 200 thousand tourists from Russia visited Turkey. Next year, Turkey is counting on 6 million arrivals.

Russia was in the second place in terms of tourist flow to Turkey in 2022 (5 232 611 arrivals). Due to the geopolitical crisis, which led to a reduction of air transportation of Russian airlines, the tourist flow from Russia to Turkey increased by 11,5% in 2021, but still remained 25,4% less than in 2019.

In 2022, Russia took the second place in terms of tourist flow to the Mugla province in Turkey. The number of Russian tourists has grown by 26% compared to 2021.

Turkish ski resort of Erzurum Palandoken announced its hope almost exclusively on Russian tourists. The resort authorities announced a charter program from Russia, which started on December 29 and will last until March 15.

Flights from Moscow's Domodedovo Airport to Kayseri and Erzurum are scheduled to begin on December 28 and 29, respectively. Coral has announced that it will offer Russian tourists ski holidays in Kayseri-Erciyes and Erzurum-Palandoken with Pegasus flights in the winter season 2022/23.

Pegasus Airlines flight program to Kayseri and Erzurum starts on December 28 and 29, respectively. On the basis of these flights, Coral Travel arranges package tours to the Turkish ski resorts of Erciyes, Erzurum and Palandoken.

According to the latest data, the Russians will spend the New Year holidays in Turkey. Earlier, Egypt has traditionally been a massive budget winter destination for the New Year for Russians.

Tours to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, as well as to Istanbul and Antalya, are carried out by Biblio-Globus tour operator in partnership with Rossiya airline, i.e. tickets for flights are sold only as part of a tour package.

Pegas Touristik started tours to Istanbul on regular flights Moscow-Istanbul of the airline Ikar. The first flight took off on November 10.