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.

Coral Travel this winter season will operate flights to Egypt, the UAE, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Cuba and Turkey (Antalya) from a total of 16 Russian cities.

New tours with guaranteed flights on daily Emirates flights from Moscow to Dubai have appeared in Anex booking system for the autumn-winter season. The tour operator takes guaranteed blocks of seats on Emirates flights from 30.09.2023 to 12.05.2024.

The share of Russian tourists in UAE hotels reaches 25-35% this summer. Based on the results of the summer season of 2023, market participants believe that the Russian tourist flow to the UAE will beat its last year record.

A multiple change in the demand of tourists for the summer was recorded by Russian tour operators. While prices are rising in Turkey, previously more expensive destinations, such as Thailand, Sri Lanka and even the Maldives, are beginning to “equal” with this destination. And Turkey continues to lose its positions due to inflated prices and problems with air transportation.

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 tour operator Space Travel began to operate the summer flight program to the UAE from May 19. The program will last until September 14. Tour operators note that thanks to the development of resort infrastructure, the destination becomes truly year-round.

Dubai and the UAE as a whole have become a year-round destination for the Russian market, including due to attractive summer prices and more expensive Turkey.

The tour operator Anex Tour announced the expansion of the range of tours in the UAE. Tours on block of seats on flydubai flights from 9 cities in Russia, as well as GDS tours, are supplemented with new programs based on the Emirates block transportation from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Dubai for the summer season.

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.

This year the UAE will remain one of the main tourist destinations for Russians, but Turkey will still retain its leadership at the end of the year. Tour operators in 2023 will generally maintain summer volumes of block transportation to the Emirates, and some will even increase them.

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.

At the end of 2022, the Emirate of Dubai accepted 758 thousand tourists from Russia. The Russian market is the fifth among all tourist suppliers to Dubai in 2022.

The Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) received a record 107 000 Russian tourists in 2022, exceeding the best result of 2019 by almost 20%. The Emirate plans to increase the number of Russian tourists to 115 000 by the end of 2023.

After the January holidays, the cost of tours to the United Arab Emirates is reducing. Often tours are comparable to the prices for air transportation to Dubai.

The Russian tourist flow to Abu Dhabi in 2022 recovered by 93% from the pre-pandemic 2019. For 10 months of 2022, the number of tourists from Russia who visited Abu Dhabi increased by 203% compared to the same period last year.

The UAE entered the TOP of the most popular outbound destinations for Russian tourists for the New Year holidays 2022/2023. Tourists more often began to combine several emirates in one tour.

At once, two tour operators announced programs to the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah of the UAE. For the first time since 2019, Azur air has launched direct flights to the emirate. So far, flights are operated only from Moscow.

Pegas Touristic launches new flights to the UAE for winter holidays Details about the flight program to the UAE, all new flights that will be offered to tourists, as well as the prices for tour packages were presented by the tour operator Pegas Touristic.

From December 4, Air Arabia launches flights from Ufa, Kazan and Yekaterinburg to Sharjah. Three major Russian tour operators have taken blocks of seats on these flights.

Anex Tour increases the number of offers for the UAE and will transport tourists to Dubai with direct flights from Moscow, Sochi, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm and Ufa.

The flight program for tourists to the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah (UAE) starts from Moscow on October 30. Coral Travel arranges a block flight program based on these flights.

Compared with the end of September, the cost of air tickets for flights from Russia to abroad has decreased by 4-10 times, depending on the destination.

As the tour operator Pac Group noted, the Emirates are breaking all records this year, showing good results not only in the traditional winter season, but also in summer. Many Arab airlines will significantly increase their transportation.

The tour operator Intourist has published tours to the UAE for the upcoming winter season. The flight program is arranged on the block transportation of Azur air from six cities of departure.