The road connecting Domodedovo airport with Moscow city will be repaired again, the period of works is planned from May,10 to July,31. Passengers are recommended to use the services of Aeroexpress.

Transaero Airlines has been chosen the second appointed carrier to Rome and Milan. Market participants are waiting for lower prices, but not this summer season.

Rosaviatsiya reports a significant growth in passenger traffic carried by airports of the Moscow Aviation Hub - Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo and Domodedovo. The overall growth of passenger traffic in the first quarter was 14%.

TUI Russia & CIS purchased remaining 25% shares of the company Svoi Travel Group, specializing in the organization of tourist services in Russia.

The vast majorityof touristsrefuse to travel in Russia because of high prices and unsuitability of infrastructure, according to Skyscanner survey. This survey was organized after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had demanded to elaborate a tourism development programs in each subject of the Federation.

The second stage of Russian Tourism Roadshow 2012 opened in Paris, at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture, continuing a series of events organized by the Federal Agency for Tourism to promote the tourism potential of Russian regions.

The first Russian visa centers have been opened in Washington, DC, and in Houston, in the near future they will appear in San Francisco and New York. Tour operators expect that simplification of visa procedures for individual tourists will make visa more expensive, and a term of consideration of documents will lengthen.

JSC Sheremetyevo International Airport and JSC Vnukovo Airport have signed a joint resolution on establishment of Steering Committee to develop a strategy for their integration. The process of consolidation of the airports will be completed by the end of 2012.

Berlin became the first city, hosting participants of the Russian Tourism Roadshow 2012. Fifteen regions of Russia presented their new regional routes, tourist products and investment projects in tourism. The Russian delegation was led by the head of the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism, Alexander Radkov.

Cruise ships’ navigation on the rivers of Russia begins in late April. According to tour operators, interest of regular cruise customers to this segment has not changed, but the newcomers are booking tours less actively than last year.

The company ITC had reported of its financial difficulties, as a result the company has suspended the dispatch of its tourists.

The Russian government should elaborate proposals to simplify the order of entry into the Russian Federation by foreign tourists by June 1. This request was made by President Dmitry Medvedev as a result of the meeting devoted to developing tourism cluster in the North Caucasus.

Investors are willing to invest in the Russian tourism industry about $ 45 billion, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Mark Harms said. Russia is not ready yet for such significant investments.

Normative legal base and the Russian Railways hinder the development of children' tourism in Russia. That was the conclusion reached at the Conference on Children's tourism, which was held within the framework of the International Travel Fair.

Aeroflot has developed a new schedule in which Guangzhou and Krakow had appeared, Brussels, Budapest and Los Angeles had increased in number.