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Lanta-Tour Voyage has received a credit from VTB Bank

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:10:00 +0400

VTB Bank has signed an agreement with Lanta-Tour Voyage for allocating the credit of 7 million US dollars for 5 years. This money will be used for the help to the Russian tourists abroad who have problems with accommodation due to the stoppage of the operations of the company.

ANTOR has elected a new Chairman

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:40:53 +0400

The director of Moscow representative office of Lithuania Birute Nenartavichute has become a Chairman of Association of National Tourist Offices in Russia (ANTOR).

Lanta-Tour Voyage announces

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

On Friday evening Association of Tour Operators of Russia has received an official statement from Lanta-Tour:

In December Abu Dhabi had a 90% increase of the Russian tourists

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

Abu Dhabi is getting more popular among the Russians. According to the results of 2011, the tourist flow from Russia increased by 44% and amounted to 14 thousand Russians. The growth of December amounted to 90% in comparison with the same month of 2010. It was the highest indicator after Indonesia.

Sochi ski resorts will be opened for the tourists during the competitions

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

Sochi ski resorts will be opened for the tourists during the testing competitions which will be held in February and March 2012. The restrictions will be only put on Roza Khutor, as this complex will be the major place for all the sport events of the Olympics, announces the press service of Mayor’s office.

The modernization of the airports of Kuban will be realized with the help of Singaporean specialists

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

Basic Element company (Basel), Sberbank of Russia and Singaporean Changi Airports International have signed an agreement about the joint venture for upgrading the airports of Kuban.

The homeland of Russian Father Frost (Ded Moroz) will receive the tourists the whole year round

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

The Governor of Vologodskaya oblast Oleg Kuvshinnikov presented a whole year round project “Velikiy Ustyug is a homeland of Ded Moroz”.

More Russians in Thailand

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

According to the data of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the tourist flow from Russia to Thailand increased by 57% in 2011. Thailand received 1 014 000 Russian citizens in 2011.

More Russians traveled abroad during the holidays

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:10:00 +0400

According to the Russian Aviation Authorities, the airports of Moscow sent 660 091 people during 9 days of 2012 (+10% in comparison with last year).

New Year’s greetings of Aleksandr Radkov, ATOR President and the Head of the Federal Agency for Tourism

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Dear colleagues and friends!

Let me wish you a Happy New Year! The past year was rather difficult for the Russian travel industry. Nevertheless, our travel market showed the stability to the global problems.

Among our achievements was the beginning of large-scale federal target program concerning the effective promotional campaign of Russia for domestic and foreign markets.

I am sure that the next year will be successful for the travel industry and very interesting for the Russians from the perspective of the trips.

The tourist cluster of Khabarovskiy kray has been estimated at 3 billion rubles

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

It’s planning to create several tourist recreational zones in Bolshoy Ussuriyskiy island and recreational wellness centres in some nature reserves by 2015 in the framework of the regional target program of the development of the domestic and inbound tourism in Khabarosvkiy kray.

The number of the tourists in Kaliningradskaya oblast has increased

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:22:02 +0400

The active development of the tourism has resulted in a growth of the tourists in Kaliningradskaya oblast: 420 thousand people visited the region in 2011.

Moscow has joined social networks

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Two new pages in English about Moscow have appeared recently in Facebook and VKontakte. The city authorities plan to spend 2 million rubles for promoting Moscow in social networks.

The tourist flow increases, but the profitability falls

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Association of Tour Operators of Russia held a press conference about the results of the year and the prospects for 2012.

Russia is among the leaders in number of the tourists in Hong Kong

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

The Russians take again the leading position in number of the visits to Hong Kong. According to the data of Hong Kong Tourism Authority, almost 117 thousand Russians visited the place during the period from January to November 2011 (+49.1% in comparison with the same period of 2010). Just to compare, 467 818 tourists came from the UK, 206 548 people from Germany and 215 317 travellers from France.

The Russians choose Hungary for wellness

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

According to the Tourism Counsellor Bureau of Hungary, the Russians spent 379 thousand nights in the hotels of Hungary during the period from January to October 2011 (+16.7%).

The number of the Russians in Cyprus has been increasing

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

The number of the Russian tourists in Cyprus increased by 55% in 2011, announces Cyprus Tourism Organization. Russia took the 2^nd place in number of the tourists instead of 4^th as it was several years ago.

The Russians are the leaders in number of the visits to Thailand during the flood

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:55:38 +0400

Russia took the first place among the European countries in number of the visits to Thailand during the period from January to November 2011. The growth was even noted during the flood period.

More than 1000 Russian tourists may be left without New Year holidays

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

On the threshold of the holidays, Russian Aviation Authorities cancelled some flights from Vladivostok to Seoul by Korean Air. Under the threat of cancelation turned out to be all the sold flights including the dates of December 30 and December 31, 2011.

Turkey is the leader in Russian travel market

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Almost 2.5 million Russian tourists visited Turkey during the period from January to September 2011 (+14% in comparison with the same period of last year).

Israel suffers from the decrease of the number of the Russian cruise tourists

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Cruise tourists have started to visit Israel less frequent, despite the great interest in the region. According to ATOR Analytical Service, the tourist flow has decreased by ½ during the first 9 months of 2011 in comparison with the same period of last year. Such tendency can be explained by the watchful attitude of the tourists towards the neighboring Egypt.

The demand for sea cruises has been increasing

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0400

The interest in the cruise product of the Middle East has been increasing. Such tendency was noted by the regional subdivision of the Royal Caribbean Cruises. According to the company’s estimates, the volume of the sales for the region increased by more than 30% during the period from January to October 2011. The tour operators state the good sales for winter season and an increasing activity of early booking for 2012.

Abu Dhabi has registered a record number of the tourists

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0400

The capital of the UAE Abu Dhabi received 182.6 thousand foreign tourists in October. That was for 21% more than during the same period of last year, announces portal Hotelier Middle East. The tour operators connect such growth with the great number of the air transportation and instability in Egypt.

The number of the Russians in Cyprus has been increasing

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0400

According to the head office of Cyprus Tourism Organization (CTO) the number of the tourists from Russia increased at the end of the beach season. In October, the number of the Russians increased by almost 46% in comparison with the same period of last year.

All Russia over the Internet

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0400

The Federal Agency for Tourism (Rostourism) has launched a new informational portal “Welcome to Russia”.

ATOR: Mexico is the leader in October

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:43:53 +0400

The number of the process requests of the agents who use TOURINDEX, has increased by 13.4% in October in comparison with the same period of last year. Such information was announced by ATOR Analytical Service. The most popular destination in number of the bookings in September and October became Mexico (increase in 2.7 times than last year).

Austria is the most popular destination among the Russian skiers

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0400

The operators affirm that New Year tours to Austria have been sold like “hot cakes”. One of the reasons of such popularity is a very attractive price which almost has not changed in comparison with last year. An average price of the tour varies from 700 to 2500 Euros per person. For example, PAC GROUP states the growth of the sales for Austria by 30-35%.

Goa may replace Thailand and Egypt

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:41:01 +0400

The tour operators note a great interest of the Russians in Goa, India. Despite the excess of air transportation, the planes are loaded almost without any losses of profit. At the same time, the accommodation is being booked in a low-priced segment. The operators explain such tendency by the situation in Thailand and Egypt.

More international flights, but less demand for them

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0400

Such conclusion was made by ATOR Analytical Service after receiving the data of the Russian Aviation Authorities for September and total indicators for 9 months of 2011.

The tourist flow to Cuba is increasing simultaneously with the profitability

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:10:05 +0400

According to the National Statistics Bureau of Cuba, the increase of the tourist flow during the period from January to September was noted for 8.4% in comparison with the same period of last year. Cuba hopes to receive 2.7 million tourists by the end of the year.